Australian Capital Territory Numbered Acts

CORONERS ACT 1997 (NO. 57 OF 1997) - SECT 82

82. A person, knowing or having reasonable grounds for believing that a document or other thing is or may be required in evidence at an inquest or inquiry or hearing, shall not wilfully—

        (a)     conceal, mutilate, destroy or alter the document or thing;

        (b)     render the document or other thing incapable of identification; or

        (c)     in the case of a document—render it illegible or indecipherable.

Penalty:

        (a)     if the offender is a natural person—200 penalty units or imprisonment for 2 years, or both;

        (b)     if the offender is a body corporate—1,000 penalty units.