Commonwealth Consolidated Acts

AUSTRALIAN SECURITIES AND INVESTMENTS COMMISSION ACT 2001 - SECT 65

  (1)   A person must not engage in conduct that results in the obstruction or hindering of a person in the exercise of the power under this Part.

Penalty:   2 years imprisonment.

  (1A)   Subsection   (1) does not apply to the extent that the person has a reasonable excuse.

Note:   A defendant bears an evidential burden in relation to the matters in this subsection, see subsection   13.3(3) of the Criminal Code .