SUMMARY OFFENCES ACT 1953 - SECT 6AA

SUMMARY OFFENCES ACT 1953 - SECT 6AA

6AA—Disclosure of criminal intelligence

        (1)         A person who, without lawful excuse, discloses information that has been properly classified by the Commissioner as criminal intelligence under any Act is guilty of an offence.

Maximum penalty: Imprisonment for 2 years.

        (2)         It is a defence to prosecution for an offence against this section to prove that the defendant did not know, and did not have reason to believe, that the information was classified by the Commissioner as criminal intelligence under an Act.