Victorian Current Acts Victorian Current Acts(1) A person commits an offence if—
(a) the person has possession or control of a document or information; and
(b) the person intentionally provides the document or information to another person; and
(c) the person does so with the intention of facilitating preparation for, the engagement of a person in or assistance in a terrorist act.
Penalty: Level 5 imprisonment (10 years maximum).
Note to s. 4B(1) inserted by No. 65/2016 s. 22.
Note
An offence against subsection (1) is a category 2 offence under the
Sentencing Act 1991 . See subsection (2H)
of section 5 of that Act for the
requirement to impose a custodial order for this offence unless the
circumstances
set out in paragraphs (a) to (e) of that subsection exist.
(2) A person commits an offence under subsection (1) even if the terrorist act does not occur.
(3) If—
(a) an act or omission by a person is both an offence against subsection (1) and an offence against Part 5.3 of the Criminal Code of the Commonwealth; and
(b) the person has been punished for the offence under that Part—
the person is not liable to be punished for the offence against
subsection (1).
Pt 1A (Heading and ss 4C– 4F) inserted by No. 72/2011 s. 44.
Part 1A—Public Interest Monitor
Pt 1A Div. 1 (Heading) inserted by No. 32/2018 s. 5.
Division 1—Role in relation to order and warrant applications
S. 4C (Heading) amended by No. 32/2018 s. 6(1).
S. 4C inserted by No. 72/2011 s. 44, amended by No. 32/2018 s. 6(2).