Australian Capital Territory Current Acts

CRIMINAL CODE 2002 - SECT 702

    (1)     A person commits an offence ( aggravated perjury ) if—

        (a)     the person makes a sworn statement in a legal proceeding with the intention of procuring the person's or someone else's conviction for, or acquittal of, an offence (the relevant offence ); and

        (b)     the relevant offence is punishable by imprisonment; and

        (c)     the statement is false; and

        (d)     the person is reckless about whether the statement is false.

Maximum penalty: 1 400 penalty units, imprisonment for 14 years or both.

    (2)     An interpreter commits an offence (also aggravated perjury ) if—

        (a)     the interpreter, by a sworn statement, gives an interpretation of a statement or other thing in a legal proceeding with the intention of procuring someone else's conviction for, or acquittal of, an offence (the relevant offence ); and

        (b)     the relevant offence is punishable by imprisonment; and

        (c)     the interpreter's statement is false or misleading; and

        (d)     the interpreter is reckless about whether the interpreter's statement is false or misleading.

Maximum penalty: 1 400 penalty units, imprisonment for 14 years or both.

    (3)     An intermediary commits an offence (also aggravated perjury ) if—

        (a)     the intermediary, by a sworn statement, assists a witness to communicate evidence in a legal proceeding with the intention of procuring someone else's conviction for, or acquittal of, an offence (the relevant offence ); and

        (b)     the relevant offence is punishable by imprisonment; and

        (c)     the intermediary's statement is false or misleading; and

        (d)     the intermediary is reckless about whether the intermediary's statement is false or misleading.

Maximum penalty: 1 400 penalty units, imprisonment for 14 years or both.

Note     Sworn statement is defined in s 700.