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(1) A person who staves, breaks or destroys goods to prevent their seizure by an officer or other person authorised to seize the goods or tries to prevent the goods from being secured after the goods have been seized commits an offence and is liable on summary conviction to a fine of not more than five thousand penalty units or to a term of imprisonment of not more than ten years or to both.

(2) A person who improperly receives goods seized by an officer or other person authorised to seize the goods commits an offence and is liable on summary conviction to a fine of not more than two thousand five hundred penalty units or to a term of imprisonment not more than five years or to both.

(3) A person who rescues a person arrested for an offence committed under this Act commits an offence and is liable on summary conviction to a fine of not more than five thousand penalty units or to a term of imprisonment of not more than ten years or to both.

(4) A person who prevents the arrest of another person sought for an offence committed under this Act commits an offence and is liable on summary conviction to a fine of not more than five thousand penalty units or to a term of imprisonment of not more than ten years or to both.

(5) A person who obstructs an officer in the execution of duty under this Act commits an offence and is liable on summary conviction to a fine of not more than two hundred and fifty penalty units or to a term of imprisonment of not more than two years or to both.

(6) A person who, with intent to frustrate an officer in the execution of the duty of the officer,

(a) warns, or attempts to warn, or

(b) causes to be warned,

a person engaged in a contravention or attempted contravention of a provision of this Act, whether that person is within distance to take advantage of the warning or not, commits an offence and is liable on summary conviction to a fine of not more than two hundred and fifty penalty units or to a term of imprisonment of not more than two years or to both.

(7) In pursuance of subsection (6), a person may prevent a warning being given and may go on land for that purpose without being liable to prosecution, action or suit for so doing.