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Emergency Management Bill (No 2)

Information, enforcement, compensation, appeals, and secondary legislation - Offences

184: Offence involving failure to comply with direction

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"Breaking a Direction Rule Can Lead to Punishment"

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If you intentionally do not follow a direction given under section 134(a) or 164(a), you commit an offence. You can be punished if you do this. The punishment can be imprisonment or a fine. If you are an individual, the punishment can be up to 3 months in prison or a fine of up to $50,000. For other cases, the fine can be up to $150,000. This is what can happen if you break this rule.

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Topics:

Crime and justice > Criminal law

183: Offence involving requisitioning, or

"Breaking the rules about following directions in an emergency"

185: Offence involving withholding information or giving false or misleading information, or

"Telling Lies or Hiding Information is Against the Law"

Part 5Information, enforcement, compensation, appeals, and secondary legislation
Offences

184Offence involving failure to comply with direction

A person commits an offence if the person intentionally fails to comply with a direction given under section 134(a) or 164(a).
A person who commits an offence against subsection (1) is liable on conviction,—
in the case of an individual, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 3 months or to a fine not exceeding $50,000:
in any other case, to a fine not exceeding $150,000.

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2002 No 33 s 102