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VICTORIA POLICE ACT 2013 - SECT 174 Other offences

VICTORIA POLICE ACT 2013 - SECT 174

Other offences

    (1)     A person must not, without reasonable excuse, hinder or obstruct a person who is performing a function or exercising a power under this Part.

Penalty:     120 penalty units or imprisonment for 1 year or both.

Note

See also section 72 of the Criminal Procedure Act 2009 , which deals with the evidential burden of proof.

    (2)     A person must not, without reasonable excuse, refuse or fail to comply with a direction or requirement made of the person in the exercise of a power by another person under this Part.

Penalty:     120 penalty units or imprisonment for 1 year or both.

Note

See also section 72 of the Criminal Procedure Act 2009 , which deals with the evidential burden of proof.

    (3)     A person must not wilfully make a statement that the person knows to be false or misleading in a material particular or mislead or attempt to mislead another person in the exercise of that other person's powers under this Part.

Penalty:     120 penalty units or imprisonment for 1 year or both.

S. 174A inserted by No. 3/2019 s. 35.