Impersonation of police officers of the crown

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CRIMES ACT 1900 - SECT 546D
Impersonation of police officers
546D Impersonation of police officers

(1) General offence A person who impersonates a police officer is guilty of an offence.

Maximum penalty: Imprisonment for 2 years, or a fine of 100 penalty units, or both.

(2) Aggravated offence A person who, with intent to deceive:

(a) impersonates a police officer, and

(b) purports to exercise a power or function as a police officer,

is guilty of an offence.

Maximum penalty: Imprisonment for 7 years.

(3) An offence against subsection (1) is a summary offence.

(4) In this section:

"impersonation" does not include conduct engaged in solely for satirical purposes.