Criminal Code Act 1924
70Interference with Parliament: Unlawfully influencing Members
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70 Interference with Parliament: Unlawfully influencing Members
(1) Any person who, by force or fraud, or by threats or intimidation of any kind, interferes with the free exercise by either House of Parliament of its authority, or with the free exercise by any Member of either House of his duty or authority as such Member, is guilty of a crime.
Charge: Interfering with Parliament.
(2) Any person who, directly or indirectly, by fraud, or by threats or intimidation of any kind, influences a Member of either House of Parliament in the exercise of his duty or authority as such Member, or induces him to absent himself from the House or from any Parliamentary committee, is guilty of a crime.
Charge: Unlawfully influencing a Member of Parliament.