s.19Unlawful entry into disaster area or hazardous area
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Section 19Part —

Unlawful entry into disaster area or hazardous area

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Any person who without proper authorisation enters or is found in a disaster area or hazardous area or, being in a disaster area or hazardous area, refuses to leave that area, commits an offence and is liable on summary conviction to a fine of twenty thousand dollars or to imprisonment for a term of twelve months, or to both.
A police officer may, in a disaster area or hazardous area, arrest any person that the police officer reasonably suspects to be committing an offence under subsection (1).
Notwithstanding the description of a disaster area or hazardous area specified in an Order made under section 13, a police checkpoint established in respect of a disaster area or hazardous area shall be deemed to be located on the perimeter of that disaster area or hazardous area and a person who crosses that checkpoint without proper authorisation to do so commits an offence and is liable on summary conviction to a fine of twenty thousand dollars or to imprisonment for a term of twelve months, or to both.
For the purpose of this section, “proper authorisation” means authorisation issued by or on behalf of the Governor, the Commissioner of Police or the Director.

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