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POLICE POWERS AND RESPONSIBILITIES ACT 2000 - SECT 53BJ

Offence to contravene direction

53BJ Offence to contravene direction

A person must not, without reasonable excuse, contravene a direction given by a police officer under section 53BG (2) .

Penalty—
Maximum penalty—
(a) if the person contravenes the direction by doing any of the following—
(i) unlawfully assaulting, or threatening to assault, another person;
(ii) unlawfully destroying or damaging, or threatening to destroy or damage, property;
(iii) throwing, releasing or placing a thing in a way that endangers, or is likely to endanger, the life, health or safety of another person;
165 penalty units or 3 years imprisonment; or
(b) otherwise—110 penalty units or 1 year’s imprisonment.



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