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CONTROL OF WEAPONS ACT 1990 - SECT 10K Power to obtain disclosure of identity

CONTROL OF WEAPONS ACT 1990 - SECT 10K

Power to obtain disclosure of identity

S. 10K(1) amended by No. 37/2014 s. 10(Sch. item 28.13).

    (1)     A police officer may request a person who is to be subject to a strip search under Schedule 1 and whose identity is unknown to the police officer to disclose his or her identity.

    (2)     A person who is so requested to disclose his or her identity must not, without reasonable excuse, fail or refuse to comply with the request.

Penalty:     1 penalty unit.

    (3)     A person must not, without reasonable excuse, in response to any such request—

        (a)     give a name that is false in a material particular; or

        (b)     give an address other than the person's full and correct address.

Penalty:     1 penalty unit.

S. 10KA inserted by No. 32/2017 s. 6.