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ROYAL COMMISSIONS ACT 1902 - SECT 6M

Injury to witness

    Any person who uses, causes or inflicts, any violence, punishment, damage, loss, or disadvantage to any person for or on account of:

  (a)   the person having appeared as a witness before any Royal Commission; or

  (b)   any evidence given by him or her before any Royal Commission; or

  (c)   the person having produced a document or thing, or given information or a statement, pursuant to a summons, requirement or notice under section   2;

commits an indictable offence.

Penalty:   10 penalty units or imprisonment for 1 year.


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