Persons who monitor
68 Persons who monitor
A person commits an offence if—
the person is—
a police officer who monitors; or
an interpreter who assists in monitoring;
contact that a person being detained under a preventative detention order (the detainee) has with a lawyer under section 58 while the detainee is being detained under the order; and
information is communicated in the course of that contact; and
the information is communicated for one of the purposes mentioned in section 58(1); and
the person discloses that information to another person; and
the person knows or should have known the disclosure is unlawful.
Maximum penalty—2 years imprisonment.
Note—See also section 59(5).
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