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TELECOMMUNICATIONS (INTERCEPTION AND ACCESS) ACT 1979 - SECT 132

Obstruction

  (1)   A person commits an offence if the person obstructs or hinders another person acting under a stored communications warrant.

Penalty:   Imprisonment for 6 months or 30 penalty units, or both.

  (2)   Subsection   (1) does not apply if the person obstructing or hindering has a reasonable excuse.

Note:   A defendant bears an evidential burden in relation to the matter in subsection   (2) (see subsection   13.3(3) of the Criminal Code ).



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