New South Wales Consolidated Acts

LIE DETECTORS ACT 1983 - SECT 5

5 Offences

(1) A person is guilty of an offence against this Act if, for any prohibited purpose:

(a) the person uses an instrument or apparatus to measure or monitor:

(i) physiological reactions of the body of another person, or

(ii) elements of stress, tonal variation or vibration in the voice of another person,

(b) the person uses the output from an instrument or apparatus so used by the person or another person, or

(c) the person uses an analysis of, or opinion as to the effect of, any such output.

(2) A person is guilty of an offence against this Act if, for any prohibited purpose, the person requests or requires another person to undergo an examination based on the use of an instrument or apparatus to measure or monitor:

(a) physiological reactions of the body of that other person, or

(b) elements of stress, tonal variation or vibration in the voice of that other person.