Western Australian Consolidated Acts Western Australian Consolidated Acts (1) Any person, not
being either a member of the Police Force of this State or a member of the
Police Force of the Commonwealth or of any other State of the Commonwealth
temporarily residing in this State, who uses in any manner whatsoever the word
“detective” as descriptive of the nature of his business,
vocation, calling, or means of livelihood with a view to soliciting, procuring
or obtaining the engagement or employment by other persons of his service as
an inquiry agent or investigator in respect of matters in relation to which
such other persons require information or evidence shall be guilty of an
offence.
Penalty: $2 500.
(2) On the trial of a
person charged with an offence under subsection (1) the averment in the
charge that he was not at some particular time either a member of the Police
Force of this State or a member of the Police Force of the Commonwealth or any
other State of the Commonwealth is sufficient evidence of the fact until the
contrary is proved.
[Section 16A inserted by No. 5 of 1945
s. 2; amended by No. 28 of 1964 s. 8; No. 113 of 1965
s. 8; No. 24 of 1969 s. 5; No. 91 of 1975 s. 9;
No. 50 of 2003 s. 85(4); No. 84 of 2004 s. 80.]