Commonwealth Consolidated Acts

DEFENCE ACT 1903 - SECT 89

             (1)  A person shall not:

                     (a)  insult a member of a court martial, a judge advocate, a Defence Force magistrate or a summary authority in or in relation to the exercise of his or her powers or functions as such a member, judge advocate, magistrate or authority, as the case may be;

                     (b)  interrupt the proceedings of a service tribunal;

                     (c)  create a disturbance or take part in creating or continuing a disturbance in or near a place where a service tribunal is sitting; or

                     (d)  do any other act or thing that would, if a service tribunal were a court of record, constitute a contempt of that court.

Penalty:  $1,000 or imprisonment for 6 months.

          (1A)  An offence under this section is an offence of strict liability.

Note:          For strict liability , see section 6.1 of the Criminal Code .

             (2)  In this section, court martial , judge advocate , Defence Force magistrate and summary authority have the same respective meanings as they have in the Defence Force Discipline Act 1982 .