Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2025C00163:section:352
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2025C00163
Segment Type: section
Provision Reference: s 352
Character Range: 243232–244213

352  Offence—unauthorised obtaining of protected information
  If:
 (a) a person intentionally obtains information; and
 (c) the person knows or ought reasonably to know that the information is protected information;
the person commits an offence punishable on conviction by imprisonment for a period of not more than 2 years.
Note 1: Subsection 4B(2) of the Crimes Act 1914 allows a court that convicts an individual of an offence to impose a fine instead of, or in addition to, a term of imprisonment. The maximum fine that a court can impose on the individual is worked out by multiplying the maximum term of imprisonment (in months) by 5, and then multiplying the resulting number by the amount of a penalty unit. The amount of a penalty unit is stated in section 4AA of that Act.
Note 2: A person, including an officer, is authorised to obtain protected information for the purposes of this Act (see subsection 351(1)).
Note 3: For protected information see subsection 3(1).