Commonwealth Consolidated Acts Commonwealth Consolidated Acts(1) A person shall not:
(a) insult or disturb a Registrar or magistrate before whom an examination under this Act is being held;
(b) interrupt an examination under this Act before a Registrar or magistrate;
(c) create a disturbance, or take part in creating or continuing a disturbance, in or near a place where an examination under this Act is being held before a Registrar or magistrate;
(d) use insulting or threatening language towards a Registrar or magistrate before whom an examination under this Act is being held; or
(e) by writing or speech use words calculated:
(i) to influence improperly a Registrar or magistrate before whom an examination under this Act is being held; or
(ii) to bring a Registrar or magistrate before whom an examination under this Act is being held into disrepute.
Penalty: Imprisonment for 6 months or 10 penalty units, or both.
(2) For the purposes of an offence against subsection (1), strict liability applies to the following physical elements of circumstance of the offence:
(a) that the Registrar or magistrate is a Registrar or magistrate before whom an examination under this Act is being held;
(b) that the examination is an examination under this Act being held before a Registrar or magistrate.
Note: For strict liability , see section 6.1 of the Criminal Code .