Criminal Code Act 1924
98Corruption of witnesses
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98 Corruption of witnesses
Any person who –
(a) solicits, receives, or obtains, or agrees to receive or obtain, any property or benefit of any kind for himself or any other person, in consideration for any agreement or understanding that any person shall as a witness in any judicial proceeding give false evidence; or
(b) gives, confers, or procures, or offers to give, confer, procure, or attempt to procure, any property or benefit of any kind to, upon, or for any person, as a consideration for any agreement or understanding that any person called or to be called as a witness in any judicial proceeding shall give false evidence –
is guilty of a crime.
Charge:
(a) Corruption with regard to a witness.
(b) Corrupting a witness.