Victorian Current Acts Victorian Current ActsS. 227(1) amended by No. 2/2024 s. 56(1).
(1) A member or former member of Victoria Police personnel must not, without reasonable excuse, access, use or disclose any police information if it is the duty of the member or former member under section 226 not to access, make use of or disclose the information.
Penalty: 240 penalty units or imprisonment for 2 years or both.
(2) Without limiting what may be a reasonable excuse, it is a reasonable excuse if the member or former member took reasonable steps not to access, use or disclose the police information.
Note
See also section 72 of the Criminal Procedure Act 2009 , which deals with the evidential burden of proof.
S. 227(3) inserted by No. 2/2024 s. 56(2).
(3) A proceeding for an offence against subsection (1) must be commenced within the period of 3 years after the date on which the offence is alleged to have been committed.