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CRIMINAL CODE 2002 - SECT 708

Deceiving witness, interpreter, intermediary or juror

A person commits an offence if the person deceives someone else with the intention that the other person or a third person will—

        (a)     not attend as a witness, interpreter, intermediary or juror in a legal proceeding; or

        (b)     give false or misleading evidence in a legal proceeding; or

        (c)     withhold true evidence in a legal proceeding.

Maximum penalty: 500 penalty units, imprisonment for 5 years or both.



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