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LISTENING DEVICES ACT 1992 - SECT 7 Possession of records of unlawfully recorded private conversations

LISTENING DEVICES ACT 1992 - SECT 7

Possession of records of unlawfully recorded private conversations

    (1)     A person commits an offence if—

        (a)     the person possesses a record of a private conversation; and

        (b)     the person knows the record was obtained, directly or indirectly, using a listening device in contravention of section 4.

Maximum penalty: 50 penalty units, imprisonment for 6 months or both.

    (2)     Subsection (1) does not apply if the record is in the possession of the person—

        (a)     in connection with proceedings for an offence against this Act; or

        (b)     with the consent of each principal party to the conversation; or

        (c)     as a consequence of a communication or publication of the record to that person in circumstances that do not constitute an offence against this Act.