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Evidence Act 1977
sec.103ZZZQOffence to contravene complainant privacy order or interim complainant privacy order
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### sec.103ZZZQ Offence to contravene complainant privacy order or interim complainant privacy order
A person must not engage in conduct that constitutes a contravention of a complainant privacy order or an interim complainant privacy order that is in force if that person knows, or ought reasonably to know, that the order is in force.
Maximum penalty—
for an individual––100 penalty units or 2 years imprisonment; or
for a corporation––1,000 penalty units.
If a corporation commits an offence against this provision, an executive officer of the corporation may be taken, under section 103ZZZR , to have also committed the offence.
For the purposes of subsection (1) , in the absence of evidence to the contrary, a person is taken to know that a complainant privacy order or an interim complainant privacy order is in force if a court has electronically transmitted notice of the order to the person.
s 103ZZZQ ins 2024 No. 5 s 69
(sec.103ZZZQ-ssec.1) A person must not engage in conduct that constitutes a contravention of a complainant privacy order or an interim complainant privacy order that is in force if that person knows, or ought reasonably to know, that the order is in force. Maximum penalty— for an individual––100 penalty units or 2 years imprisonment; or for a corporation––1,000 penalty units. If a corporation commits an offence against this provision, an executive officer of the corporation may be taken, under section 103ZZZR , to have also committed the offence.
(sec.103ZZZQ-ssec.2) For the purposes of subsection (1) , in the absence of evidence to the contrary, a person is taken to know that a complainant privacy order or an interim complainant privacy order is in force if a court has electronically transmitted notice of the order to the person.
- (a) for an individual––100 penalty units or 2 years imprisonment; or
- (b) for a corporation––1,000 penalty units. Note— If a corporation commits an offence against this provision, an executive officer of the corporation may be taken, under section 103ZZZR , to have also committed the offence.