Victorian Consolidated Legislation

Wildlife Act 1975 - SECT 61

Offenders to give name and address on demand

61. Offenders to give name and address on demand



(1) Any person found offending against any of the provisions of this Act or
the regulations or any proclamation or any notice under section 86 or 86A
shall on demand by an authorised officer or by a member of the police force
give his name and place of residence.

(2) In subsection (1) the expression "found offending" extends to the case of
a person found doing or committing to do any act, matter, or thing or behaving
or conducting himself in such a manner or in such circumstances that the
person finding him believes on reasonable grounds that the person so found has
in respect of any such act, omission, behaviour, or conduct committed an
offence against this Act or the regulations or any proclamation or any notice
under section 86 or 86A.

(3) Any person who refuses to give his name or place of residence upon demand
by an authorised officer or member of the police force or who gives a false
name or place of residence shall be guilty of an offence against this Act.

Penalty: 20 penalty units.

(4) Any person who on demand by an authorised officer or by a member of the
police force refuses to give his name or address or gives a name or place of
residence which the officer or member reasonably suspects to be false may be
arrested by the officer or member without warrant and taken before a bail
justice or the Magistrates' Court to be dealt with according to law.