Criminal Code Act 1995
Section 3
CHAPTER 5 - THE SECURITY OF THE COMMONWEALTH Part 5.2 - Espionage and related offences
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Hide history noteEach of the following is a foreign government principal :
(a) the government of a foreign country or of part of a foreign country;
(b) an authority of the government of a foreign country;
(c) an authority of the government of part of a foreign country;
(d) a foreign local government body or foreign regional government body;
(e) a company to which any of the subparagraphs of paragraph (a) of the definition of foreign public enterprise in section 70.1 applies;
(f) a body or association to which either of the subparagraphs of paragraph (b) of the definition of foreign public enterprise in section 70.1 applies;
(h) an entity or organisation owned, directed or controlled:
(i) by a foreign government principal within the meaning of any other paragraph of this definition; or
(ii) by 2 or more such foreign government principals that are foreign government principals in relation to the same foreign country.
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