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ENVIRONMENT PROTECTION AND BIODIVERSITY CONSERVATION ACT 1999 - SECT 456

Breaking or destroying goods or documents to prevent seizure etc.
(1)
A person must not:

(a)
stave, break or destroy any goods in order to prevent the seizure of goods, the securing of goods, or the proof of any offence under this Act; or

(b)
destroy any documents relating to any goods in order to prevent the seizure of goods, the securing of goods, or the proof of any offence under this Act.

Penalty: Imprisonment for 2 years.

(2)
This section applies to vehicles, vessels, aircraft, platforms, documents and organisms in the same way as it applies to goods.



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