South Australian Current Acts

CRIMINAL LAW CONSOLIDATION ACT 1935 - SECT 243

243—Fabricating, altering or concealing evidence

A person who—

            (a)         fabricates evidence or alters, conceals or destroys anything that may be required in evidence at judicial proceedings; or

            (b)         uses any evidence or thing knowing it to have been fabricated or altered,

with the intention of—

            (c)         influencing a decision by a person whether or not to institute judicial proceedings; or

            (d)         influencing the outcome of judicial proceedings (whether proceedings that are in progress or proceedings that are to be or may be instituted at a later time),

is guilty of an offence.

Maximum penalty: Imprisonment for 7 years.