Bankruptcy Act 1966

A person shall not:

insult or disturb a Registrar or magistrate before whom an examination under this Act is being held;

interrupt an examination under this Act before a Registrar or magistrate;

create a disturbance, or take part in creating or continuing a disturbance, in or near a place where an examination under this Act is being held before a Registrar or magistrate;

use insulting or threatening language towards a Registrar or magistrate before whom an examination under this Act is being held; or

by writing or speech use words calculated:

to influence improperly a Registrar or magistrate before whom an examination under this Act is being held; or

to bring a Registrar or magistrate before whom an examination under this Act is being held into disrepute.

For the purposes of an offence against subsection (1), strict liability applies to the following physical elements of circumstance of the offence:

that the Registrar or magistrate is a Registrar or magistrate before whom an examination under this Act is being held;

that the examination is an examination under this Act being held before a Registrar or magistrate.

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