CRIMES ACT 1914 SECT 81

(1)

Any person who:

(a)

intentionally harbours any person whom he knows or has reasonable ground for supposing to be a spy; or

(b)

intentionally permits any persons, whom he knows or has reasonable ground for supposing to be spies, to meet or assemble in any premises in his occupation or under his control; or

(c)

having harboured any person whom he knows or has reasonable ground for supposing to be a spy, or having permitted any persons whom he knows or has reasonable ground for supposing to be spies to meet or assemble in any premises in his occupation or under his control, refuses to disclose to any authorized officer any information which it is in his power to give in relation to that person or those persons;

shall be guilty of an offence.

Penalty: Imprisonment for 7 years.

(2)

For the purposes of this section any person who has committed any offence or is about to commit any offence against this Part (other than this section) shall be deemed to be a spy.

(3)

In this section, authorized officer means:

(a)

a member or special member of the Australian Federal Police;

(b)

an officer of the Defence Force who is in command or in charge of a prohibited place;

(c)

a member of the police force of a State or Territory who is the principal officer of police in any town or locality; or

(d)

any other person declared by the Attorney-General, in writing, to be an authorized officer for the purposes of this section.