New South Wales Consolidated Acts

CRIMES ACT 1900 - SECT 93ZA

93ZA Offence of displaying Nazi symbols

(1AA) A person who knowingly displays, by public act and without reasonable excuse, a Nazi symbol on or near a synagogue, a Jewish school or the Sydney Jewish Museum commits an offence.

: Maximum penalty--

(a) for an individual--200 penalty units or imprisonment for 2 years, or both, or

(b) for a corporation--1,000 penalty units.

(1) A person who knowingly displays, by public act and without reasonable excuse, a Nazi symbol other than on or near a synagogue, a Jewish school or the Sydney Jewish Museum commits an offence.

: Maximum penalty--

(a) for an individual--100 penalty units or imprisonment for 12 months, or both, or

(b) for a corporation--500 penalty units.

(2) For subsection (1AA) or (1), the display of a swastika in connection with Buddhism, Hinduism or Jainism does not constitute the display of a Nazi symbol.

(3) Also, without limiting subsection (1AA) or (1), a reasonable excuse includes the display of a Nazi symbol done reasonably and in good faith--

(a) for an academic, artistic or educational purpose, or

(b) for another purpose in the public interest.

(4) In this section--

"Jewish school" means a Hebrew school, independent Jewish day school or yeshiva.

"public act" has the same meaning as in section 93Z.