Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2024C00598:section:119
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2024C00598
Segment Type: section
Provision Reference: s 119
Character Range: 338674–339546

119  Contempt
 (1) A person commits an offence punishable on conviction by a fine of not more than 30 penalty units if:
 (a) the person insults, disturbs or uses insulting language towards another person; and
 (b) the person knows the other person is a commissioner exercising the powers or performing the functions or duties of a commissioner.
 (2) A person commits an offence punishable on conviction by a fine of not more than 30 penalty units if:
 (a) the person creates a disturbance, or takes part in creating or continuing a disturbance, in or near a place; and
 (b) the person knows the place is a place where a commission is holding an inquiry.
 (3) A person must not:
 (a) interrupt an inquiry by a commission; or
 (b) do any other act or thing that would, if a commission were a court of record, constitute a contempt of that court.
Penalty: 30 penalty units.