Commonwealth Consolidated Acts Commonwealth Consolidated Acts(1) A person (the first person ) commits an offence if:
(a) another person has been subpoenaed or summoned to attend as a witness in a judicial proceeding; and
(b) the first person prevents the other person from attending as a witness, or from producing anything in evidence, pursuant to the subpoena or summons; and
(c) the judicial proceeding is a federal judicial proceeding.
Penalty: Imprisonment for 1 year.
(2) Absolute liability applies to the paragraph (1)(c) element of the offence.
Note: For absolute liability, see section 6.2 of the Criminal Code .