Victorian Consolidated Legislation

Crimes (Assumed Identities) Act 2004 - SECT 30

Disclosing information about assumed identity

30. Disclosing information about assumed identity



(1) A person is guilty of an offence if-

   (a)  the person intentionally, knowingly or recklessly discloses any
        information; and

   (b)  the person knows that, or is reckless as to whether, the information
        reveals, or is likely to reveal, that an assumed identity acquired or
        used by another person is not the other person's real identity; and

   (c)  the person knows that, or is reckless as to whether, the disclosure is
        not made-

   (i)  in connection with the administration or execution of this Act or a
        corresponding law; or

   (ii) for the purposes of any legal proceeding arising out of or otherwise
        related to this Act or a corresponding law or of any report of any
        such proceedings; or

   (iii) in accordance with any requirement imposed by law. Penalty:
        Imprisonment for 2 years.

(2) A person is guilty of an offence against this subsection if the person
commits an offence against subsection (1) in circumstances in which the
person-

   (a)  intends to endanger the health or safety of any person or prejudice
        the effective conduct of an investigation or intelligence-gathering;
        or

   (b)  knows that, or is reckless as to whether, the disclosure of the
        information-

   (i)  endangers or will endanger the health or safety of any person; or

   (ii) prejudices or will prejudice the effective conduct of an investigation
        or intelligence-gathering. Penalty: Imprisonment for 10 years.

(3) An offence against subsection (2) is an indictable offence.

(4) For the purposes of the Freedom of Information Act 1982, information
referred to in subsection (1) is information of a kind to which section 38 of
that Act applies.

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