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GOVERNMENT AGREEMENTS ACT 1979 - SECT 4

4 .         Offences

        (1)         A person shall not without lawful authority remain on any subject land after being warned to leave it by — 

            (a)         the owner or occupier, or a person authorised by or on behalf of the owner or occupier, of that subject land; or

            (b)         a member of the Police Force.

        Penalty: $5 000 or 12 months’ imprisonment.

        (2)         A person shall not without lawful authority prevent, obstruct, or hinder any activity which is being, or is about to be, carried on pursuant to, or for the purposes of or incidental to implementing, a Government agreement, or attempt to do so.

        Penalty: $5 000 or 12 months’ imprisonment.

        (3)         For the purposes of any proceedings for an offence under this Act an averment in the prosecution notice — 

            (a)         that an agreement is scheduled to, incorporated in, or appearing in, an Act the administration of which is for the time being committed by the Governor to, or approved by the Governor to be placed under the control of, the Minister; or

            (b)         that an agreement is scheduled to, incorporated in, or appearing in, an Act and declared by proclamation to be a Government agreement for the purposes of this Act,

                shall, in the absence of proof to the contrary, be deemed to be proved.

        [Section 4 amended by No. 30 of 1990 s. 5; No. 84 of 2004 s. 80.]



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