Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2025C00176:section:89
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2025C00176
Segment Type: section
Provision Reference: s 89
Character Range: 270700–271719

89  Contempt of service tribunals etc.
 (1) A person shall not:
 (a) insult a member of a court martial, a judge advocate, a Defence Force magistrate or a summary authority in or in relation to the exercise of his or her powers or functions as such a member, judge advocate, magistrate or authority, as the case may be;
 (b) interrupt the proceedings of a service tribunal;
 (c) create a disturbance or take part in creating or continuing a disturbance in or near a place where a service tribunal is sitting; or
 (d) do any other act or thing that would, if a service tribunal were a court of record, constitute a contempt of that court.
Penalty: Imprisonment for 6 months or 10 penalty units.
 (1A) An offence under this section is an offence of strict liability.
Note: For strict liability, see section 6.1 of the Criminal Code.
 (2) In this section:
judge advocate has the same meaning as in the Defence Force Discipline Act 1982.
summary authority has the same meaning as in the Defence Force Discipline Act 1982.