Section 264E — Bankruptcy Act 1966: Offences in relation to Registrar or magistrate conducting an examination

(1) A person shall not: (a) insult or disturb a Registrar or magistrate before whom an examination under this Act is being held; (b) interrupt an examination under this Act before a Registrar or magistrate; (c) create a disturbance, or take part in creating or continuing a disturbance, in or near a place where an examination under this Act is being held before a Registrar or magistrate; (d) use insulting or threatening language towards a Registrar or magistrate before whom an examination under this Act is being held; or (e) by writing or speech use words calculated: (i) to influence improperly a Registrar or magistrate before whom an examination under this Act is being held; or (ii) to bring a Registrar or magistrate before whom an examination under this Act is being held into disrepute. Penalty: Imprisonment for 6 months or 10 penalty units, or both. (2) For the purposes of an offence against subsection (1), strict liability applies to the following physical elements of circumstance of the offence: (a) that the Registrar or magistrate is a Registrar or magistrate before whom an examination under this Act is being held; (b) that the examination is an examination under this Act being held before a Registrar or magistrate. Note: For strict liability, see section 6.1 of the Criminal Code.