Queensland Consolidated Acts Queensland Consolidated Acts(1) A public officer who takes a reprisal commits an offence.
Maximum penalty--167 penalty units or 2 years imprisonment
(2) The offence is an indictable offence.
(3) If a public officer commits the offence, the Criminal Code, sections 7 and 8 apply even though a person other than a public officer may also be taken to have committed the offence because of the application.