SURVEILLANCE DEVICES ACT 1998 - SECT 37

SURVEILLANCE DEVICES ACT 1998 - SECT 37

37 .         Report of finding surveillance device

        (1)         Subject to subsection (2), a person who discovers a surveillance device attached or installed in premises, or in or on an object, or on a vehicle shall immediately report its existence and location to the Commissioner of Police or to a member of the police force of the State authorised for the purpose by the Commissioner of Police.

        Penalty:

            (a)         for an individual: $5 000 or imprisonment for 12 months, or both;

            (b)         for a body corporate: $50 000.

        (2)         Subsection (1) does not apply to —

            (a)         an authorised person; or

            (b)         a person referred to in paragraph (a), (aa), (b) or (c) of the definition of “law enforcement officer” in section 3(1).

        [Section 37 amended No. 30 of 2006 s. 24.]