- (1)
- A person is guilty of an offence if:
- (a)
- the person treats a cetacean; and
- (b)
- the cetacean has been:
- (i)
- killed in contravention of section 229 or 229A; or
- (ii)
- taken in contravention of section 229B or 229C.
- Note 1: Chapter 2 of the Criminal Code sets out the general principles of
criminal responsibility.
Note 2: This section does not apply in the circumstances described in section
231. A defendant bears an evidential burden in relation to those
circumstances. See subsection 13.3(3) of the Criminal Code .
- (2)
- The offence is punishable on conviction by imprisonment for not more than
2 years or a fine not exceeding 1,000 penalty units, or both.
- (3)
- In this Act:
"treat" a cetacean means divide or cut up, or extract any product from, the
cetacean.
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