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Police Administration Act 1978
157ADisarming member
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157A Disarming member
(a) a member is acting in the course of the member's duties and
the person is reckless in relation to that circumstance; and
(b) the member is armed with a firearm or ECD and the person
has knowledge of that circumstance; and
(c) the person intentionally engages in conduct; and
(d) the conduct results in the member losing possession of the
firearm or ECD and the person intends that result.
Maximum penalty: Imprisonment for 6 years.
(2) In subsection (1):
ECD means an electro-muscular control device designed to emit an
electric current into a human body for the purposes of physical
incapacitation.