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RACIAL VILIFICATION ACT 1996 - SECT 4

4—Racial vilification

A person must not, by a public act, incite hatred towards, serious contempt for, or severe ridicule of, a person or group of persons on the ground of their race by—

            (a)         threatening physical harm to the person, or members of the group, or to property of the person or members of the group; or

            (b)         inciting others to threaten physical harm to the person, or members of the group, or to property of the person or members of the group.

Maximum penalty:

If the offender is a body corporate—$25 000.
If the offender is a natural person—$5 000, or imprisonment for 3 years, or both.



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