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LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY (SECURITY) ACT - SECT 8

Placards, objects, &c., likely to engender violence

    (1)     An authorised person may require a person who is entering or who is in Parliament House with a placard, poster or other object to deposit the placard, poster or object with the person if it is:

        (a)     offensive, threatening or indecent; or

        (b)     likely to engender violence or create a breach of the peace.

    (2)     A person required under subsection (1) to deposit a placard, poster or object must, as soon as practicable after the requirement is made:

        (a)     deposit it with an authorised person; or

        (b)     leave Parliament House with it.

Maximum penalty:     40 penalty units or imprisonment for 12 months.

    (3)     Where a person fails to comply with a requirement under subsection (1), an authorised person may seize the placard, poster or object to which the failure to comply relates.



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