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216D: Prohibition on dealing, etc, with interception devices
or “You can get in trouble for selling or giving someone a device that secretly listens to private conversations.”
You could also call this:

“Taking away and giving to the government special listening tools used for secretly hearing private conversations”

If you are found guilty of certain crimes related to invading people’s privacy, the court might take away your special listening devices. These devices are made mainly for secretly listening to private conversations. The court can do this as part of your punishment. If the court decides to take your devices, they will belong to the government. The Police Commissioner will then decide what to do with them.

The crimes that can lead to losing your devices are described in section 216B and section 216D of this law. These sections talk about using devices to listen in on private conversations without permission.

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Next up: 216F: Unlawful disclosure

or “It's against the law to share private information you learn while fixing communication services.”
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Part 9A Crimes against personal privacy

216EForfeiture

  1. Where any person is convicted of a crime against section 216B or section 216D in respect of any interception devices the sole or principal purpose of which is the surreptitious interception of private communications, the court may, as part of the sentence, order that the interception devices shall be forfeited; and, in such a case, the interception devices shall thereupon become forfeited to the Crown accordingly, and may be disposed of in such manner as the Commissioner of Police directs.

Notes
  • Section 216E: inserted, on , by section 2 of the Crimes Amendment Act 1979 (1979 No 5).
  • Section 216E: amended, on , by section 13 of the Crimes Amendment Act 2003 (2003 No 39).