273AInterference with war memorial or war memorial area

273A Interference with war memorial or war memorial area

[Section 273A Amended by No. 9 of 2014, s. 4, Applied:11 Sep 2014]

(1)  A person who, without reasonable or lawful excuse, interferes with a war memorial or a war memorial area is guilty of a crime.

Charge:  Interfering with a war memorial [or a war memorial area].

(2)  In this section –

interfere, in relation to –

(a) a war memorial, means –

(i) destroy, damage, move, or deface, the war memorial; or

(ii) otherwise deal with the war memorial in a manner, or in circumstances, that the person knows, or ought reasonably be expected to know, is or are likely to cause offence to a reasonable person; or

(b) a war memorial area, means –

(i) destroy the war memorial area; or

(ii) damage, or deface, the war memorial area in a manner, or in circumstances, that the person knows, or ought reasonably be expected to know, is or are likely to cause offence to a reasonable person; or

(iii) otherwise deal with the war memorial area in a manner, or in circumstances, that the person knows, or ought reasonably be expected to know, is or are likely to cause offence to a reasonable person;

multi-purpose building means a building, structure, or facility, that is intended –

(a) for display to the public as a public memorial dedicated to war remembrance; and

(b) for use by the public for purposes other than war remembrance;

outdoor memorial area means –

(a) a public garden, or a public park, that is a public memorial dedicated to war remembrance, whether or not it is also intended to be used by the public for purposes other than war remembrance; and