264EOffences in relation to Registrar or magistrate conducting an examination

264E  Offences in relation to Registrar or magistrate conducting an examination  (1) A person shall not:  (a) insult or disturb a Registrar or magistrate before whom an examination under this Act is being held;  (b) interrupt an examination under this Act before a Registrar or magistrate;  (c) 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;  (d) use insulting or threatening language towards a Registrar or magistrate before whom an examination under this Act is being held; or  (e) by writing or speech use words calculated:  (i) to influence improperly a Registrar or magistrate before whom an examination under this Act is being held; or  (ii) to bring a Registrar or magistrate before whom an examination under this Act is being held into disrepute. Penalty: Imprisonment for 6 months or 10 penalty units, or both.  (2) For the purposes of an offence against subsection (1), strict liability applies to the following physical elements of circumstance of the offence:  (a) that the Registrar or magistrate is a Registrar or magistrate before whom an examination under this Act is being held;  (b) that the examination is an examination under this Act being held before a Registrar or magistrate.