Australian Capital Territory Numbered Acts

CONFISCATION OF CRIMINAL ASSETS ACT 2003 (NO. 8 OF 2003) - SECT 233

    (1)     A person commits an offence if—

        (a)     the person knows that, or is reckless about the fact that, a person is a police officer; and

        (b)     the person obstructs, hinders, intimidates or resists the officer in the exercise of the officer's functions under this part.

Maximum penalty: 200 penalty units, imprisonment for 2 years or both.

    (2)     For this section, it is immaterial whether the defendant was aware that the police officer was exercising the officer's functions.

    (3)     Strict liability applies to subsection (1) (b).