Criminal Code Act 1995

Schedule - The Criminal Code  

Section 3

CHAPTER 5 - THE SECURITY OF THE COMMONWEALTH  

Part 5.5 - Foreign incursions and recruitment  

Division 119 - Foreign incursions and recruitment  

SECTION 119.9  

119.9   Exception - conduct for defence or international relations of Australia  
This Division does not apply in relation to conduct engaged in by a person acting in the course of the person ' s duty to the Commonwealth in relation to the defence or international relations of Australia.

Note 1:

A defendant bears an evidential burden in relation to the matter in this section: see subsection 13.3(3) .

Note 2:

See also section 119.12 (declarations for the purposes of proceedings).