Australian Capital Territory Current Acts

CRIMES ACT 1900 - SECT 119

    (1)     A person commits an offence if the person––

        (a)     affixes a placard or paper, or makes a mark with chalk, paint or any other material on private premises; and

        (b)     does not have the consent of––

              (i)     if the premises are occupied––the occupier or person in charge of the premises; or

              (ii)     if the premises are not occupied––the owner or person in charge of the premises.

Maximum penalty: 50 penalty units, imprisonment for 6 months or both.

    (2)     A person commits an offence if the person unlawfully affixes a placard or paper, or makes a mark with chalk, paint or any other material, on public property.

Maximum penalty: 50 penalty units, imprisonment for 6 months or both.

    (3)     In this section:

"public property" means––

        (a)     a public road; or

        (b)     a bus shelter; or

        (c)     any other property of the Territory or Commonwealth or of an authority or body under a law of the Territory or the Commonwealth.

"public road"––see the Public Unleased Land Act 2013

, section 9.