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Defence Force Discipline Act 1982
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49 Refusing to submit to arrest
(a) the person is ordered into arrest; and
(b) the order is lawful; and
(c) the person disobeys the order.
(2) Strict liability applies to paragraphs (1)(b) and (c).
(3) It is a defence if the person proves that he or she neither knew, nor could reasonably be expected to have known, that the other person was acting lawfully.
Note: The defendant bears a legal burden in relation to the matter in subsection (3). See section 13.4 of the Criminal Code.