Australian Capital Territory Current Acts Australian Capital Territory Current Acts(1) A person commits an offence if—
(a) the person—
(i) provides a benefit to someone else; or
(ii) causes a benefit to be provided to someone else; or
(iii) offers to provide, or promises to provide, a benefit to someone else; or
(iv) causes an offer of the provision of a benefit, or a promise of the provision of a benefit, to be made to someone else; and
(b) the person does so with the intention that the other person or a third person will—
(i) conceal the commission of an offence; or
(ii) not start, or discontinue or delay, a prosecution for an offence; or
(iii) withhold information, or provide false or misleading information, in relation to the commission of an offence; or
(iv) obstruct or hinder the investigation of an offence by law enforcement officers.
Maximum penalty: 700 penalty units, imprisonment for 7 years or both.
(2) A person commits an offence if—
(a) the person—
(i) asks for a benefit for the person or someone else; or
(ii) obtains a benefit for the person or someone else; or
(iii) agrees to obtain a benefit for the person or someone else; and
(b) the person does so with the intention that, or with the intention of inducing, fostering or sustaining a belief that, the person or someone else will—
(i) conceal the commission of an offence; or
(ii) not start, or discontinue or delay, a prosecution for an offence; or
(iii) withhold information, or provide false or misleading information, in relation to the commission of an offence; or
(iv) obstruct or hinder the investigation of an offence by law enforcement officers.
Maximum penalty: 700 penalty units, imprisonment for 7 years or both.
(3) For this section, a person ( A ) is taken to obtain a benefit for someone else ( B ) if A induces a third person to do something that results in B obtaining the benefit.