Police Offences Act 1935

A person shall not tender for insertion, or cause to be inserted, in a newspaper a bogus advertisement, knowing it to be a bogus advertisement.

A person, being the printer or publisher of a newspaper, having received from a person to whom or to whose affairs a bogus advertisement relates, or from a police officer, a request in writing within 3 months after the publication of the advertisement to furnish the name of the person who sent or delivered it for publication shall not fail to furnish the name of the last-mentioned person in accordance with that request.

A person who contravenes subsection (1) or (2) is guilty of an offence and is liable on summary conviction to a penalty not exceeding 5 penalty units or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 6 months.

In this section – bogus advertisement means an advertisement or a notice that contains any material false statement or representation with respect to any birth, death, engagement, marriage, or employment, or with respect to any matter concerning any person, or the property of any person, other than the person who tenders the advertisement or notice for insertion, or causes it to be inserted, in a newspaper;