Criminal Code
360Impersonating territory public official
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360 Impersonating territory public official (a) on a particular occasion, impersonates someone else in the other person’s capacity as a territory public official; and (b) does so— (i) knowing it to be in circumstances when the official is likely to be performing his or her duty; and (ii) with intent to deceive. (a) falsely represents the person to be a territory public official in a particular capacity (whether or not that capacity exists or is fictitious); and (b) does so in the course of doing an act, or attending a place, in the assumed capacity of such an official. (3) A person commits an offence if the person— (a) either— (i) impersonates someone else in the other person’s capacity as a territory public official; or
Part 3.8 Impersonation or obstruction of territory public officials (ii) falsely represents himself or herself to be a territory public official in a particular capacity (whether or not that capacity exists or is fictitious); and (b) does so— (i) with the intention of obtaining a gain, causing a loss or influencing the exercise of a public duty; and (ii) if paragraph (a) (i) applies—also with intent to deceive. (4) To remove any doubt, in this section: false representation does not include conduct engaged in solely for impersonation does not include conduct engaged in solely for