PRODUCTIVITY COMMISSION ACT 1998 - SECT 46 Hindering or disrupting Commission

PRODUCTIVITY COMMISSION ACT 1998 - SECT 46

    A person must not:

  (a)   obstruct or hinder a member of the Commission in the performance of the Commission's functions; or

  (b)   disrupt a hearing before the Commission.

Penalty:   Imprisonment for 6 months.

Note 1:   This penalty is a maximum penalty (section   4D, Crimes Act 1914 ). A court may impose an appropriate fine instead of or as well as imprisonment (subsection   4B(2), Crimes Act 1914 ). If a body corporate is convicted of the offence, a court may impose a fine not more than 5 times the maximum fine that the court could impose on an individual for the same offence (subsection   4B(3), Crimes Act 1914 ). Penalty units are defined in section   4AA of the Crimes Act 1914.

Note 2:   Chapter   2 of the Criminal Code sets out the general principles of criminal responsibility.