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CORRUPTION, CRIME AND MISCONDUCT ACT 2003 - SECT 161

161 .         Hindering execution of search warrants

        (1)         In this section —

        authorised person has the meaning given by section 101(1).

        (2)         A person who, without reasonable excuse —

            (a)         prevents or attempts to prevent an authorised person from exercising a power conferred by or under section 101; or

            (b)         hinders or obstructs an authorised person in the exercise of a power conferred by or under section 101; or

            (c)         fails to comply with a direction or request of an authorised person under section 101(2)(b) or (4)(d); or

            (d)         fails to comply with a condition imposed on the person under section 101(6)(b),

                is in contempt of the Commission.

        (3)         A person who furnishes to an authorised person acting under a warrant issued under section 101 information that is false in a material particular is in contempt of the Commission.

        [Section 161 inserted: No. 78 of 2003 s. 22.]



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