Victorian Current Acts

CRIMES ACT 1958 - SECT 195F

    (1)     A person who—

        (a)     possesses information in connection with an event or event contingency about conduct that corrupts or would corrupt a betting outcome of the event or event contingency; and

        (b)     knows that, or is reckless as to whether, the information is about conduct that corrupts or would corrupt a betting outcome of the event or event contingency—

must not, if the information is relevant to the bet—

        (c)     bet on the event or event contingency; or

        (d)     encourage another person to bet on the event or event contingency in a particular way; or

        (e)     communicate the information, or cause the information to be communicated, to another person who the first person knows or ought reasonably to know would, or would be likely to, bet on the event or event contingency.

Penalty:     level 5 imprisonment (10 years maximum).

    (2)     In a proceeding for an offence against subsection (1)(d) or (e), it is not necessary to prove that the other person actually bet on the event or event contingency concerned.

Pt 1 Div. 2C (Heading) amended by No. 35/2022 s. 3.

Pt 1 Div. 2C (Heading and ss 195G – 195I) inserted by No. 32/2017 s. 8.

Division 2C—Offences against public order and grossly offensive public conduct

S. 195G inserted by No. 32/2017 s. 8.