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contravenes any term or condition lawfully imposed under this Act in relation to residence, treatment or rehabilitation at a Rehabilitation Centre; or

commits a breach of any rules relating to a Rehabilitation

Centre, where no specific punishment is provided in such

*NOTE—Previously ―a fine or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding three years–see the Drug

Dependants (Treatment and Rehabilitation) (Amendment) Act 1998 [Act A1018].

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commits a breach of any rules relating to a Rehabilitation

Centre, where no specific punishment is provided in such rules for such breach;

incites any resident of a Rehabilitation Centre to commit a breach of any rules relating to such Centre;

uses any indecent, threatening, abusive or insulting words or gestures, or otherwise behaves in a threatening or insulting manner, against any person exercising any powers, discharging any duties or performing any functions in relation to the custody, treatment, rehabilitation, residence or supervision of any person under this Act, or against any person resident at a

Rehabilitation Centre or against any employee or servant employed or engaged at any Rehabilitation Centre, or against any person lawfully visiting a Rehabilitation

Centre or otherwise lawfully present at a Rehabilitation

Centre, or assaults any person, employee or servant, as aforesaid, shall be guilty of an offence and shall on conviction be liable to a fine or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding three years or to both.

Paragraphs (1)(a) and (b) shall not apply to a person who is admitted to a Rehabilitation Centre under section 8 or 9.

Period of any imprisonment or detention to be deemed to be period of residence, after care or supervision