(1) The chief officer,
or another officer, of an issuing agency who does something that, apart from
this section, would be an offence, is not criminally responsible for the
offence if the thing is done to comply with a request under section 105 or 108
or an order under section 106 or 110.
(2) If an officer of
the Commission to whom an assumed identity approval applies does something
that, apart from this section, would be an offence, the officer is not
criminally responsible for the offence if —
(a) the
thing is done in the course of acquiring or using an assumed identity in
accordance with the approval; and
(b) the
thing is done in the course of duty; and
(c) the
thing would not be an offence if the assumed identity were the officer’s
real identity.
[Section 111 inserted: No. 78 of 2003 s. 17.]