Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2025C00167:section:264e
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2025C00167
Segment Type: section
Provision Reference: s 264E
Character Range: 800721–802120

264E  Offences in relation to Registrar or magistrate conducting an examination
 (1) A person shall not:
 (a) insult or disturb a Registrar or magistrate before whom an examination under this Act is being held;
 (b) interrupt an examination under this Act before a Registrar or magistrate;
 (c) create a disturbance, or take part in creating or continuing a disturbance, in or near a place where an examination under this Act is being held before a Registrar or magistrate;
 (d) use insulting or threatening language towards a Registrar or magistrate before whom an examination under this Act is being held; or
 (e) by writing or speech use words calculated:
 (i) to influence improperly a Registrar or magistrate before whom an examination under this Act is being held; or
 (ii) to bring a Registrar or magistrate before whom an examination under this Act is being held into disrepute.
Penalty: Imprisonment for 6 months or 10 penalty units, or both.
 (2) For the purposes of an offence against subsection (1), strict liability applies to the following physical elements of circumstance of the offence:
 (a) that the Registrar or magistrate is a Registrar or magistrate before whom an examination under this Act is being held;
 (b) that the examination is an examination under this Act being held before a Registrar or magistrate.
Note: For strict liability, see section 6.1 of the Criminal Code.