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### 80 Offences relating to Integrity Tribunal
> > (1) A person must not intentionally prevent or intentionally try to prevent a person who is required by an Integrity Tribunal to appear before it from attending as a witness or producing any record, information, material or thing to the Integrity Tribunal.
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> > Penalty: Fine not exceeding 5 000 penalty units or imprisonment for a term not exceeding one year.
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> > (2) A person must not use, cause, inflict or procure any violence, punishment, damage, loss or disadvantage in relation to another person for or on account of –
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> > > > (a) that other person having given evidence before an Integrity Tribunal or produced or surrendered any record, information, material or thing to an Integrity Tribunal; or
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> > > > (b) any evidence given by that other person before an Integrity Tribunal or any record, information, material or thing produced or surrendered by that other person to an Integrity Tribunal.
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> > Penalty: Fine not exceeding 5 000 penalty units or imprisonment for a term not exceeding one year.
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> > (3) If an Integrity Tribunal is holding a hearing, a person must not –
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> > > > (a) insult a member of the Integrity Tribunal in relation to the performance of his or her functions as a member; or
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> > > > (b) interrupt proceedings of the Integrity Tribunal; or
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> > > > (c) create a disturbance, or take part in creating or continuing a disturbance, in or near a place where the Integrity Tribunal is sitting; or
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> > > > (d) do anything that would, if the Integrity Tribunal were a court of record, constitute a contempt of that court.
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> > Penalty: Fine not exceeding 2 000 penalty units.
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> > (4) A person must not obstruct or improperly influence the conduct of an inquiry of the Integrity Tribunal or attempt to do so.
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> > Penalty: Fine not exceeding 2 000 penalty units.
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> > (5) A person who fails without reasonable excuse to –
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> > > > (a) attend an inquiry of the Integrity Tribunal as required by the Integrity Tribunal; or
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> > > > (b) take an oath or make an affirmation at an inquiry of the Integrity Tribunal; or
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> > > > (c) produce or authorise another person to produce any record, information, material or thing when required by the Integrity Tribunal to do so; or
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> > > > (d) answer any question when required by the Integrity Tribunal to do so; or
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> > > > (e) assist in the course of an inquiry of the Integrity Tribunal –
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> > is guilty of an offence.
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> > Penalty: Fine not exceeding 5 000 penalty units.