Victorian Current Acts

VICTIMS OF CRIME ASSISTANCE ACT 1996 - SECT 64

    (1)     A person must not—

        (a)     hinder or obstruct a member of the Tribunal in the exercise of the powers or the performance of the functions of the member under this Act;

        (b)     interrupt any proceedings of the Tribunal;

        (c)     use insulting language towards a member of the Tribunal when the member is exercising powers or performing functions under this Act;

        (d)     create a disturbance or take part in creating a disturbance in or near a place where the Tribunal is sitting;

        (e)     do any other thing that would, if the Tribunal were a court of record, constitute a contempt of that court.

Penalty:     50 penalty units.

    (2)     Nothing in subsection (1) limits or takes away any power conferred on the Tribunal by, or exercisable in relation to the Tribunal by virtue of, section 37(1).