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Defence Force Discipline Act 1982
16AFailing to report information received from the enemy
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16A Failing to report information received from the enemy
(a) the person receives information from the enemy; and
(b) the person does not make the information known to proper authority; and
(c) the information is likely to be directly or indirectly useful in operations against the enemy; and
(d) the person knows or could reasonably be expected to know that the information is likely to be directly or indirectly useful in operations against the enemy.
Note: The defendant bears a legal burden in relation to the matter in subsection (3). See section 13.4 of the Criminal Code.