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DEFENCE ACT 1903 - SECT 71W

Offence--hindering or obstructing a search under this Division

    A person commits an offence if the person hinders or obstructs a search under this Division, and:

  (a)   if paragraphs 72B(3)(a) and (b) apply in relation to the search--at the time the person hindered or obstructed the search, the special defence security official who conducted the search had done the things referred to in subparagraphs   72B(3)(c)(i) and (ii); or

  (b)   otherwise--subsection   72B(2) was complied with in relation to the search.

Penalty:   50 penalty units.

Note 1:   An offence under this section is a protective service offence for the purposes of the Australian Federal Police Act 1979 .

Note 2:   Subsections   72B(2) and (3) deal with the production of identity cards before conducting a search.


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