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Export Control Act 1982
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#### 14 Contravention of regulations relating to official marks
(1) A person shall not, in contravention of the regulations:
(a) manufacture, have in his or her possession, apply, alter or interfere with an official mark;
(b) manufacture, have in his or her possession or apply a mark resembling, or apparently intended to resemble or pass for, an official mark; or
(c) manufacture or have in his or her possession an official marking device.
Penalty: Imprisonment for 5 years.
(2) In subsection (1), strict liability applies to the physical element of circumstance, that the person’s conduct contravenes the regulations.
> Note: For strict liability, see section 6.1 of the Criminal Code.