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DEFENCE ACT 1903 - SECT 107 Unauthorised acts in relation to sample

DEFENCE ACT 1903 - SECT 107

Unauthorised acts in relation to sample

  (1)   A person commits an offence if:

  (a)   a sample is provided by a defence member or defence civilian pursuant to a requirement made by an authorised person under section   94; and

  (aa)   the person interferes with, or otherwise deals with, the sample; and

  (b)   the person is not authorised under this Part or the Defence Instructions to do so.

Penalty :   Imprisonment for 6 months.

  (2)   In paragraph   ( 1)(a), strict liability applies to the physical element of circumstance, that the requirement is under section   94.

Note:   For strict liability , see section   6.1 of the Criminal Code .