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POLICE POWERS AND RESPONSIBILITIES ACT 2000 - SECT 790

790 Offence to assault or obstruct police officer

(1) A person must not assault or obstruct a police officer in the performance of the officer's duties.

Maximum penalty--40 penalty units or 6 months imprisonment.

(2) For subsection (1), a person who obstructs a police dog or police horse under the control of a police officer in the performance of the police officer's duties is taken to obstruct the police officer.

(3) In this section--

assault has the meaning given by the Criminal Code, section 245.

obstruct includes hinder, resist and attempt to obstruct.



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