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.