Victorian Numbered Acts

SUMMARY OFFENCES AMENDMENT (NAZI SALUTE PROHIBITION) ACT 2023 (NO. 27 OF 2023) - SECT 6

    (1)     In section 41J of the Principal Act insert the following definitions—

""Nazi gesture" means—

        (a)     a Nazi salute; or

        (b)     any other gesture used by the Nazi Party; or

        (c)     a gesture that so nearly resembles a gesture referred to in paragraph (a) or (b) that it is likely to be confused with or mistaken for that gesture;

"Nazi Party" means the National Socialist German Workers' Party (NSDAP) and includes, but is not limited to, the following paramilitary arms—

        (a)     the SA (Sturmabteilung);

        (b)     the SS (Schutzstaffel);

        (c)     the NSKK (National Socialist Motor Corps);

        (d)     the NSFK (National Socialist Flyers Corps);".

    (2)     In section 41J of the Principal Act, in the definition of Nazi symbol —

        (a)     after paragraph (a) insert —

    "(ab)     any other symbol used by the Nazi Party; or";

        (b)     in paragraph (b), for "the symbol referred to in paragraph (a)" substitute "a symbol referred to in paragraph (a) or (ab)".