Victorian Current Acts Victorian Current Acts(1) A person must not, without reasonable excuse, hinder or obstruct a person who is performing a function or exercising a power under this Part.
Penalty: 120 penalty units or imprisonment for 1 year or both.
Note
See also section 72 of the Criminal Procedure Act 2009 , which deals with the evidential burden of proof.
(2) A person must not, without reasonable excuse, refuse or fail to comply with a direction or requirement made of the person in the exercise of a power by another person under this Part.
Penalty: 120 penalty units or imprisonment for 1 year or both.
Note
See also section 72 of the Criminal Procedure Act 2009 , which deals with the evidential burden of proof.
(3) A person must not wilfully make a statement that the person knows to be false or misleading in a material particular or mislead or attempt to mislead another person in the exercise of that other person's powers under this Part.
Penalty: 120 penalty units or imprisonment for 1 year or both.
S. 174A inserted by No. 3/2019 s. 35.