CLASSIFICATION OF COMPUTER GAMES AND IMAGES ACT 1995 - SECT 47
Power to require name and address
CLASSIFICATION OF COMPUTER GAMES AND IMAGES ACT 1995 - SECT 47
Power to require name and address
47 Power to require name and address
(1) This section applies if—
(a) an inspector finds a person committing an
offence against this Act; or
(b) an inspector finds a person in circumstances
that lead, or has information that leads, the inspector to reasonably suspect
the person has just committed an offence against this Act.
(2) The inspector
may require the person to state the person’s name and residential address.
(3) When making the requirement, the inspector must warn the person it is an
offence to fail to state the person’s name or residential address, unless
the person has a reasonable excuse.
(4) The inspector may require the person
to give evidence of the correctness of the stated name or residential address
if the inspector reasonably suspects the stated name or address is false.
(5)
A person must comply with a requirement under subsection (2) or (4) , unless
the person has a reasonable excuse.
Penalty—
Maximum penalty—50
penalty units.
(6) A person does not commit an offence against subsection
(5) if—
(a) the person was required to state the person’s name and address
by an inspector who suspected the person had committed an offence; and
(b)
the person is not proved to have committed the offence.
