Australian Capital Territory Current Acts

CRIMINAL CODE 2002 - SECT 706

    (1)     A person commits an offence if the person destroys or conceals evidence with the intention of—

        (a)     influencing a decision about starting a legal proceeding; or

        (b)     influencing the outcome of a legal proceeding.

Maximum penalty: 700 penalty units, imprisonment for 7 years or both.

    (2)     In this section:

"destroy" evidence includes—

        (a)     mutilate or change evidence; and

        (b)     make evidence illegible, indecipherable or otherwise unable to be identified.