Australian Capital Territory Current Acts

CRIMINAL CODE 2002 - SECT 709

A person commits an offence if the person causes or threatens to cause a detriment to someone else with the intention that the other person or a third person will—

        (a)     not attend as a witness, interpreter, intermediary or juror in a legal proceeding; or

        (b)     give false or misleading evidence in a legal proceeding; or

        (c)     withhold true evidence in a legal proceeding; or

        (d)     give a false or misleading interpretation as an interpreter in a legal proceeding; or

        (e)     improperly make a decision as a juror in a legal proceeding; or

        (f)     improperly influence a juror in a legal proceeding.

Maximum penalty: 500 penalty units, imprisonment for 5 years or both.