Western Australian Consolidated Acts Western Australian Consolidated Acts (1) Any person, not
being either a member of the Police Force of this State or a
member of the Police Force of the Commonwealth or of any other State of the
Commonwealth temporarily residing in this State, who uses in any manner
whatsoever the word “detective” as descriptive of the nature of
his business, vocation, calling, or means of livelihood with a view to
soliciting, procuring or obtaining the engagement or employment by other
persons of his service as an inquiry agent or investigator in respect of
matters in relation to which such other persons require information or
evidence shall be guilty of an offence.
Penalty: $2 500.
(2) On the trial of a
person charged with an offence under subsection (1) the averment in the
charge that he was not at some particular time either a
member of the Police Force of this State or a member of the Police Force of
the Commonwealth or any other State of the Commonwealth is sufficient evidence
of the fact until the contrary is proved.
[Section 16A inserted by No. 5 of 1945
s. 2; amended by No. 28 of 1964 s. 8; No. 113 of 1965
s. 8; No. 24 of 1969 s. 5; No. 91 of 1975 s. 9;
No. 50 of 2003 s. 85(4); No. 84 of 2004 s. 80.]