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According to VIC Law for the charge of Drunkards behaving in riotous or disorderly manner,
Summary Offences Act 1966 - SECT 16
Drunkards behaving in riotous or disorderly manner
16. Drunkards behaving in riotous or disorderly manner
Any person who, while drunk-
(a) behaves in a riotous or disorderly manner in a public place;
(b) is in charge, in a public place, of a carriage (not including a motor vehicle within the meaning of the Road Safety Act 1986) or a horse or cattle or a steam engine-
shall be guilty of an offence.
Penalty: 10 penalty units or imprisonment for two months.
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According to VIC Law for the charge of Drunkards behaving in riotous or disorderly manner,
2 months imprisonment or 10 penalty units
(a) The accused was drunk and behaved in a riotous or disorderly manner in a public place.
(b) Alternatively, the accused was drunk, in charge of a carriage, horse, cattle or a steam engine and was in a public place.
(a) Duress.
(b) Factual dispute.
(c) Honest and reasonable mistake of belief.
(d) Identification dispute.