South Australian Current Acts

CRIMINAL LAW CONSOLIDATION ACT 1935 - SECT 252

252—Demanding or requiring benefit on basis of public office

        (1)         A person who—

            (a)         demands or requires from another person a benefit (whether for himself or herself or for a third person); and

            (b)         in making the demand or requirement—

                  (i)         suggests or implies that it should be complied with because the person holds a public office (whether or not the person in fact holds that office); and

                  (ii)         knows that there is no legal entitlement to the benefit,

is guilty of an offence.

Maximum penalty: Imprisonment for 7 years.

        (2)         Subsection (1) does not apply to a demand made by a public officer to a proper authority in relation to the officer's remuneration or conditions of appointment or employment.