Section 27 — Racial Discrimination Act 1975: Offences relating to administration of Act

(1) A person shall not hinder, obstruct, molest or interfere with a person exercising or performing any of the powers or functions referred to in this Act. Penalty for an offence against subsection (1): 10 penalty units. (1A) For the purposes of an offence against subsection (1), strict liability applies to the physical element of circumstance, that a person is exercising or performing any of the powers or functions referred to in this Act. Note: For strict liability, see section 6.1 of the Criminal Code. (2) A person shall not: (a) refuse to employ another person; or (b) dismiss, or threaten to dismiss, another person from the other person’s employment; or (c) prejudice, or threaten to prejudice, another person in the other person’s employment; or (d) intimidate or coerce, or impose any pecuniary or other penalty upon, another person; by reason that the other person: (e) has made, or proposes to make, a complaint under this Act or the Australian Human Rights Commission Act 1986; or (f) has furnished, or proposes to furnish, any information or documents to a person exercising or performing any powers or functions under this Act or the Australian Human Rights Commission Act 1986; or (g) has attended, or proposes to attend, a conference held under this Act or the Australian Human Rights Commission Act 1986. Penalty for an offence against subsection (2): (a) in the case of a natural person—25 penalty units or imprisonment for 3 months, or both; or (b) in the case of a body corporate—100 penalty units.