Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2024C00616:section:67
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2024C00616
Segment Type: section
Provision Reference: s 67
Character Range: 138263–139198

67  Secrecy—legal practitioners
 (1) A person commits an offence if:
 (a) the person has obtained information in the person's capacity as the recipient of a legal practitioner disclosure; and
 (b) the person:
 (i) discloses the information to another person; or
 (ii) uses the information.
Penalty: Imprisonment for 2 years or 120 penalty units, or both.
 (2) Subsection (1) does not apply if:
 (a) the disclosure or use is for the purpose of providing legal advice, or professional assistance, relating to a public interest disclosure (other than a legal practitioner disclosure) made, or proposed to be made, by the person who made the legal practitioner disclosure referred to in paragraph (1)(a); or
 (b) the information has previously been lawfully published.
Note: A defendant bears an evidential burden in relation to a matter in subsection (2) (see subsection 13.3(3) of the Criminal Code).

Division 3—Officials and agencies