South Australian Current Acts South Australian Current Acts250—Threats or reprisals against public officers
(1) A person
who—
(a)
stalks another person; or
(b)
causes or procures, or threatens or attempts to cause or procure, any physical
injury to a person or property,
with the intention of influencing the manner in which a public officer
discharges or performs his or her official duties or functions, is guilty of
an offence.
Maximum penalty: Imprisonment for 10 years.
(2) A person
who—
(a)
stalks another person; or
(b)
causes or procures, or threatens or attempts to cause or procure, any physical
injury to a person or property,
on account of anything said or done by a public officer in good faith in the
discharge or performance or purported discharge or performance of his or her
official duties or functions, is guilty of an offence.
Maximum penalty: Imprisonment for 10 years.
(3) For the purposes
of this section, a person "stalks" another if the person does any of the
following, in a manner that could reasonably be expected to arouse the other
person's apprehension or fear:
(a)
follows the other person; or
(b)
loiters outside the place of residence of the other person or some other place
frequented by the other person; or
(c)
enters or interferes with property in the possession of the other person; or
(d)
gives or sends offensive material to the other person, or leaves offensive
material where it will be found by, given to or brought to the attention of
the other person; or
(e)
publishes or transmits offensive material by means of the Internet or some
other form of electronic communication in such a way that the offensive
material will be found by, or brought to the attention of, the other person;
or
(f)
communicates with the other person, or to others about the other person, by
way of mail, telephone (including associated technology), facsimile
transmission or the Internet or some other form of electronic communication;
or
(g)
keeps the other person under surveillance; or
(h) acts
in any other way.