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AUSTRALIAN SECURITIES AND INVESTMENTS COMMISSION ACT 2001 - SECT 168 Contempt of panels

AUSTRALIAN SECURITIES AND INVESTMENTS COMMISSION ACT 2001 - SECT 168

Contempt of panels

  (1)   A person commits an offence if:

  (a)   the person does an act or omits to do an act; and

  (b)   the act or omission results in the obstruction or hindering of a Financial Services and Credit Panel, or a member of the panel, in the performance or exercise of any of the panel's functions and powers.

Penalty:   2 years imprisonment.

  (2)   A person commits an offence if:

  (a)   the person does an act or omits to do an act; and

  (b)   the act or omission results in the disruption of a hearing.

Penalty:   2 years imprisonment.