Australian Federal Police Act 1979
40YAVictimisation
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40YA Victimisation
(1) A person commits an offence if the person causes, or threatens to cause, detriment to another person (the victim) on the ground that the victim, or any other person: (a) has given, or may give, information under this Part; or (b) has produced, or may produce, a document, record or thing to a person under this Part.
Penalty: Imprisonment for 6 months.
(2) For the purposes of subsection (1), a threat may be: (a) express or implied; or (b) conditional or unconditional. (3) In a prosecution for an offence against subsection (1), it is not necessary to prove that the person threatened actually feared that the threat would be carried out.