Victorian Numbered Acts

SHERIFF ACT 2009 (NO. 9 OF 2009) - SECT 48

    (1)     A person must not assault—

        (a)     the sheriff while the sheriff is performing or exercising an enforcement function or power; or

        (b)     the deputy sheriff while the deputy sheriff is performing or exercising an enforcement function or power; or

        (c)     a sheriff's officer while the sheriff's officer is performing or exercising a delegated enforcement function or power.

Penalty:     6 months imprisonment.

    (2)     This section does not affect the powers of the Supreme Court in relation to contempt.