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CRIMES ACT 1914

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CRIMES ACT 1914 SECT 85ZJ

85ZJ Interference with carrier facilities
(1)
A person shall not intentionally tamper or interfere with a facility belonging to a carrier.

Penalty: Imprisonment for 1 year.

(2)
For the purposes of an offence against subsection (1), absolute liability applies to the physical element of circumstance of the offence, that the facility belongs to a carrier.
Note: For absolute liability , see section 6.2 of the Criminal Code .

 

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