63Unlawful oaths to commit crimes, &c.

63 Unlawful oaths to commit crimes, &c.

Any person who –

(a) administers, or is present at and consents to the administering of, any oath or engagement in the nature of an oath, purporting to bind the person who takes it –

(i) to commit any crime;

(ii) to be of any association, society, or confederacy formed for the purpose of committing any crime;

(iii) to obey the orders or commands of any committee or body of men not lawfully constituted, or of any leader or commander or other person not having authority by law to give such orders or commands;

(iv) not to inform or give evidence against any associate, confederate, or other person; or

(v) not to reveal or discover any unlawful association, society, or confederacy, or any illegal act done or to be done, or any illegal oath or engagement that may have been administered or tendered to, or taken by, himself or any other person, or the import of any such oath or engagement; or

(b) takes any such oath or engagement, not being compelled to do so –

is guilty of a crime.

Charge:  Administering [or taking] [or being concerned in] an unlawful oath.