(1) Section 51(1), '20 penalty units or 6 months imprisonment'—
omit, insert—
'40 penalty units or 1 year's imprisonment'.
(2) Section 51(2)(c), before 'exhibiting'—
insert—
'lawfully'.
(3) Section 51—
insert—
'(3A) Also, it is a reasonable excuse for subsection (1), to the extent the subsection relates to a public place, to physically possess a knife for genuine religious purposes.
Example—
A Sikh may possess, in a public place, a knife known as a kirpan to comply with the person's religious faith.
'(3B) However, it is not a reasonable excuse to physically possess a knife in a school for genuine religious purposes.'.
(4) Section 51(3A) to (5)—
renumber as section 51(4) to (7).