s 165
In forceOffence: soliciting disclosure of protected information
Volume 2Parts 6 to 10 (sections 153 to 235)
Part 6Provisions relating to information
Division 2Confidentiality
165 Offence: soliciting disclosure of protected information
(1)
If:
(a)
a person (the first person) solicits the disclosure of protected information from an officer or another person; and
(b)
the disclosure would be in contravention of this Division; and
(c)
the first person knows or ought reasonably to know that the information is protected information;
the first person commits an offence (whether or not any protected information is actually disclosed) punishable on conviction by imprisonment for a term not exceeding 2 years.
(2)
Strict liability applies to paragraph (1)(b).
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