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TRESPASS ACT - SECT 7

Trespass after direction to leave

    (1)     A person who trespasses on any place and, after being directed to leave that place by an occupier or member of the Police Force acting at the request of the occupier, fails or refuses to do so forthwith or returns within 24 hours to that place, commits an offence.

Maximum penalty:     20 penalty units.

    (2)     A direction under subsection (1) may, where the trespass is on Crown land or land occupied by the Territory or the Commonwealth or a statutory corporation, be given by a member of the Police Force whether a request to act has been made by the occupier or not.



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