South Australian Current Acts South Australian Current Acts17—Damaging etc of official records
(1) If a person,
knowing that he or she does not have proper authority to do so,
intentionally—
(a)
damages or alters an official record; or
(b)
disposes of an official record or removes an official record from official
custody,
the person commits an offence.
Maximum penalty: $10 000 or imprisonment for 2 years.
(2) For the purposes
of subsection (1), authority to dispose of an official record may only be
conferred by or under this or any other Act.
(3) A court that
convicts a person of an offence under subsection (1) may order the
convicted person to pay to the Minister such compensation as the court thinks
fit.
(4) This section does
not limit or derogate from any other right or power to institute criminal or
civil proceedings in respect of an act referred to in this section.