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CRIMES ACT 1914 SECT 89A
89A Discharging firearms on or over Commonwealth land
- (1)
- A person who, without lawful authority or excuse (proof
whereof shall lie upon him), discharges a firearm upon or
over a prohibited area shall be guilty of an offence and
the firearms shall be forfeited to the Commonwealth.
Penalty: Imprisonment for 6 months.
- (2)
- A person who commits an offence against this section may
be apprehended by a constable or an authorized
Commonwealth officer and detained in proper custody to be
dealt with according to law.
- (3)
- An authorized Commonwealth officer shall not, under this
section, apprehend a person unless he first produces to
the person the instrument by virtue of which he is an
authorized Commonwealth officer.
- (4)
- In this section:
authorized Commonwealth officer means a
Commonwealth officer declared by a Minister, by instrument
in writing, to be an authorized Commonwealth officer for
the purposes of this section.
prohibited area means land belonging to, or in
the occupation of, the Commonwealth or a public authority
under the Commonwealth, being land upon which is posted a
notice to the effect that shooting upon or over the land
is prohibited.
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