Whoever offers any resistance to the taking of any property by the lawful authority of any public servant, knowing or having reason to believe that he is such public servant, shall be punished with imprisonment for a term which may extend to 6 months, or with fine which may extend to $1,0002008$3,0002008, or with both.
Section history
Section 183 — Resistance to taking of property by lawful authority of public servant
Consolidated view is experimental and may be broken for certain provisions.
Amendments
Section 183 — Original text to 1 January 2020superseded
Section 183 — From 1 January 2020 (current)restructured by Criminal Law Reform Act 2019
A person who offers any resistance to the taking of any property by the lawful authority of any public servant, knowing or having reason to believe that the person is such public servant, shall —
(a)in the case of an individual, be punished with imprisonment for a term which may extend to 6 months, or with fine which may extend to $5,000, or with both; or
(b)in any other case, be punished with fine which may extend to $10,000.