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Criminal Code Act 1983
75CImproper conduct
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75C Improper conduct
(1) A person's conduct is improper if the conduct, in the
circumstances, warrants criminal sanction.
(2) The finder of fact must find the conduct improper unless:
(a) the finder of fact is satisfied that:
(i) the conduct is trivial; or
(ii) the conduct has caused only minimal damage to the
public interest; and
(b) the finder of fact is satisfied that the conduct, in the
circumstances, does not warrant criminal sanction.
(3) In deciding whether a person's conduct, in the circumstances,
warrants criminal sanction, the finder of fact must have regard to
the following matters:
(a) if the person is a public officer – whether the person behaved
in a way reasonably expected of a public officer;
(b) if the person is not a public officer – whether the person
behaved in a way reasonably expected of the person;
(c) whether the person acted in an honest and reasonable belief
that the person was lawfully entitled to act in the manner the
person acted in the conduct being considered;
(d) the seriousness of the conduct and any result of the conduct;
(e) whether the conduct occurred:
(i) as an isolated incident; or
(ii) as part of repeated similar conduct; or
(iii) as part of a course of conduct.
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