Offence to interfere with register or copy

In force

(1)

A person commits an offence if:

(a)

the person does an act; and

(b)

the act results in the destruction or defacement of, or other interference with, a register of members or a copy of such a register; and

(c)

either:

(i)

the register of members is required to be kept by an organisation under paragraph 230(1)(a); or

(ii)

the copy is required to be kept by an organisation under section 231.

Penalty: 20 penalty units.

(2)

Strict liability applies to paragraph (1)(c).

Note:

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

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