Commonwealth Consolidated Acts

DEFENCE ACT 1903 - SECT 89

  (1)   A person shall not:

  (a)   insult a member of a court martial, a judge advocate, a Defence Force magistrate or a summary authority in or in relation to the exercise of his or her powers or functions as such a member, judge advocate, magistrate or authority, as the case may be;

  (b)   interrupt the proceedings of a service tribunal;

  (c)   create a disturbance or take part   in creating or continuing a disturbance in or near a place where a service tribunal is sitting; or

  (d)   do any other act or thing that would, if a service tribunal were a court of record, constitute a contempt of that court.

Penalty:   Imprisonment for 6 months or 10 penalty units.

  (1A)   An offence under this section is an offence of strict liability.

Note:   For strict liability , see section   6.1 of the Criminal Code .

  (2)   In this section:

"judge advocate" has the same meaning as in the Defence Force Discipline Act 1982 .

"summary authority" has the same meaning as in the Defence Force Discipline Act 1982 .