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NATIONAL ANTI-CORRUPTION COMMISSION ACT 2022 - SECT 72

Offences--obstructing or hindering hearings, threatening persons present

  (1)   A person commits an offence if:

  (a)   the person engages in conduct; and

  (b)   the conduct obstructs or hinders a staff member of the NACC in the performance or exercise of the staff member's functions, powers or duties in connection with a hearing.

Penalty:   Imprisonment for 2 years.

  (2)   A person commits an offence if the person disrupts a hearing.

Penalty:   Imprisonment for 2 years.

  (3)   A person commits an offence if the person threatens any person present at a hearing.

Penalty:   Imprisonment for 5 years.


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