37AAAInterference with war memorials

37AAA Interference with war memorials

[Section 37AAA Inserted by No. 15 of 2014, s. 25, Applied:19 Dec 2014]

(1)  A person must not interfere with a war memorial or a war memorial area.

Penalty:  Fine not exceeding 25 penalty units or imprisonment for a term not exceeding 12 months.

(2)  In this section –

interfere, with a war memorial, includes –

(a) destroy, damage, move or mark it; and

(b) otherwise deal with it in a way that is likely to cause offence to a reasonable person;

war memorial has the same meaning as in the Criminal Code ;

war memorial area has the same meaning as in the Criminal Code .

(3)  A complaint made for the purposes of the Justices Act 1959 in relation to an offence against subsection (1) is to be made within 12 months after the date of the offence.