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RACIAL DISCRIMINATION ACT 1975 - SECT 27

Offences relating to administration of Act

  (1)   A person shall not hinder, obstruct, molest or interfere with a person exercising or performing any of the powers or functions referred to in this Act.

Penalty for an offence against subsection   (1): 10 penalty units.

  (1A)   For the purposes of an offence against subsection   (1), strict liability applies to the physical element of circumstance, that a person is exercising or performing any of the powers or functions referred to in this Act.

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

  (2)   A person shall not:

  (a)   refuse to employ another person; or

  (b)   dismiss, or threaten to dismiss, another person from the other person's employment; or

  (c)   prejudice, or threaten to prejudice, another person in the other person's employment; or

  (d)   intimidate or coerce, or impose any pecuniary or other penalty upon, another person;

by reason that the other person:

  (e)   has made, or proposes to make, a complaint under this Act or the Australian Human Rights Commission Act 1986 ; or

  (f)   has furnished, or proposes to furnish, any information or documents to a person exercising or performing any powers or functions under this Act or the Australian Human Rights Commission Act 1986 ; or

  (g)   has attended, or proposes to attend, a conference held under this Act or the Australian Human Rights Commission Act 1986 .

Penalty for an offence against subsection   (2):

  (a)   in the case of a natural person--25 penalty units or imprisonment for 3 months, or both; or

  (b)   in the case of a body corporate--100 penalty units.



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