Australian Capital Territory Current Acts

CRIMINAL CODE 2002 - SECT 322

    (1)     A person commits an offence if—

        (a)     the person dishonestly removes an article from premises; and

        (b)     the premises are at any time open to the public; and

        (c)     the article is publicly exhibited, or kept for public exhibition, at the premises; and

        (d)     the person does not have the consent to remove the article from a person entitled to give the consent.

Maximum penalty: 100 penalty units, imprisonment for 1 year or both.

    (2)     Absolute liability applies to subsection (1) (b) and (c).

    (3)     This section does not apply in relation to an article that is publicly exhibited, or kept for public exhibition, for the purpose of selling, or any other commercial dealing with, the article or articles of that kind.

    (4)     In this section:

"premises" includes any building or part of a building.