Commonwealth Consolidated Acts Commonwealth Consolidated ActsA person must not:
(a) threaten, intimidate or coerce another person; or
(b) cause or procure damage, loss or disadvantage to another person;
because that other person:
(c) proposes to give, or has given, information or documents to the Commission; or
(d) proposes to give evidence, or has given evidence, at a hearing held for the purposes of an inquiry; or
(e) proposes to assist, or has assisted, the Commission in the performance of its functions in any other way.
Penalty: Imprisonment for 6 months.
Note 1: This penalty is a maximum penalty (section 4D, Crimes Act 1914 ). A court may impose an appropriate fine instead of or as well as imprisonment (subsection 4B(2), Crimes Act 1914 ). If a body corporate is convicted of the offence, a court may impose a fine not more than 5 times the maximum fine that the court could impose on an individual for the same offence (subsection 4B(3), Crimes Act 1914 ). Penalty units are defined in section 4AA of the Crimes Act 1914 .
Note 2: Chapter 2 of the Criminal Code sets out the general principles of criminal responsibility.