Criminal Code
361Obstructing territory public official
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361 Obstructing territory public official (a) the person obstructs, hinders, intimidates or resists a public official in the exercise of his or her functions as a public official; and (b) the person knows that the public official is a public official; and (c) the public official is a territory public official; and (d) the functions are functions as a territory public official. (3) Strict liability applies to the circumstance that the public official was exercising the official’s functions as a public official.
Impersonation or obstruction of territory public officials Part 3.8 function— (a) in relation to a person who is a public official—means a function that is given to the person as a public official; and (b) in relation to a person who is a territory public official—means a function given to the person as a territory public official.