Victorian Current Acts

OPEN COURTS ACT 2013 - SECT 27

    (1)     A person must not engage in conduct that constitutes a contravention of an order under section 26(1) that is in force if that person—

        (a)     knows that the order is in force; or

        (b)     is reckless as to whether an order under that section is in force.

Penalty:     in the case of an individual, level 6 imprisonment (5 years maximum) or 600 penalty units, or both;

in the case of a body corporate, 3000 penalty units.

    (2)     For the purposes of subsection (1), in the absence of evidence to the contrary, a person is taken to be aware that an order is in force if a court or tribunal has electronically transmitted notice of the order to the person.

Part 5—Closed court orders

S. 28 substituted by No. 11/2019 s. 12.