Offence of displaying Nazi symbols
(1AA) A person who knowingly displays, by public act and without reasonable excuse, a Nazi symbol on or near a synagogue, a Jewish school or the Sydney Jewish Museum commits an offence. (1) A person who knowingly displays, by public act and without reasonable excuse, a Nazi symbol other than on or near a synagogue, a Jewish school or the Sydney Jewish Museum commits an offence. (2) For subsection (1AA) or (1), the display of a swastika in connection with Buddhism, Hinduism or Jainism does not constitute the display of a Nazi symbol. (3) Also, without limiting subsection (1AA) or (1), a reasonable excuse includes the display of a Nazi symbol done reasonably and in good faith— (a) for an academic, artistic or educational purpose, or (b) for another purpose in the public interest. (4) In this section— Jewish school means a Hebrew school, independent Jewish day school or yeshiva. public act has the same meaning as in section 93Z.
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