Statute
Section 456 — Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999: Breaking or destroying things or documents to prevent seizure etc.
Text of the provision Official document
A person must not: (a) stave, break or destroy any thing in order to prevent the seizure of a thing, the securing of a thing, or the proof of any offence under an environmental law; or (b) destroy any documents relating to any thing in order to prevent the seizure of a thing, the securing of a thing, or the proof of any offence under an environmental law. Penalty: Imprisonment for 2 years.
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