Victorian Current Acts Victorian Current Acts(1) An organization or person who—
(a) by boycott or threat of boycott of any person property work or undertaking prevents hinders or obstructs or endeavours to prevent hinder or obstruct a vital State project; or
(b) by violence or threat of violence to person or property or by other unlawful means prevents hinders or obstructs or endeavours to prevent hinder or obstruct a vital State project—
shall be guilty of an offence.
(2) An offence against this section may be prosecuted as a summary offence or as an indictable offence but an offender shall not be punished more than once in respect of the same offence.
(3) The punishment for an offence against this section shall be—
(a) if the offence is prosecuted summarily—
S. 8(3)(a)(i) amended by No.
9554
s. 2(2)(Sch. 2 item 354).
(i) in the case of an organization, a fine of not more than 50 penalty units; and
S. 8(3)(a)(ii) amended by No.
9554
s. 2(2)(Sch. 2 item 355).
(ii) in the case of a person not being an organization, a fine of not more than 10 penalty units; and
(b) if the offence is prosecuted as an indictable offence—
S. 8(3)(b)(i) amended by No.
9554
s. 2(2)(Sch. 2 item 356).
(i) in the case of an organization, a fine of not more than 500 penalty units; and
S. 8(3)(b)(ii) amended by No.
9554
s. 2(2)(Sch. 2 item 357).
(ii) in the case of a person not being an organization, a fine of not more than 100 penalty units.
(4) A prosecution for an offence against this section shall not be instituted except by the Attorney-General or with the consent of the Attorney-General or of a person thereto authorized in writing by the Attorney-General.