Australian Capital Territory Numbered Acts

CORONERS ACT 1997 (NO. 57 OF 1997) - SECT 86

86. A person shall not—

        (a)     give, confer or procure, or promise or offer to give, confer or procure any property or benefit of any kind to, on or for, any person on any agreement or understanding that any person called or to be called as a witness before a Coroner will give false testimony or withhold true testimony;

        (b)     induce a person called or to be called as a witness before a Coroner to give false testimony or to withhold true testimony; or

        (c)     ask for, receive or obtain, or agree to receive or obtain, any property or benefit of any kind, whether for the person or for another person, on any agreement or understanding that any person called or to be called as a witness before a Coroner will give false testimony or withhold true testimony.

Penalty:

        (a)     if the offender is a natural person—500 penalty units or imprisonment for 5 years, or both;

        (b)     if the offender is a body corporate—2,500 penalty units.