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Criminal Code Act 1983
285Conspiracy to lay false charge
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285 Conspiracy to lay false charge
(1) Any person who conspires with another to charge any person or
cause any person to be charged with an offence, whether alleged to
have been committed in the Territory or elsewhere, knowing that
such person is innocent of the alleged offence is guilty of an
(2) If the offence is such that a person found guilty of it is liable to be
sentenced to imprisonment for life the offender is liable to
(3) In any other case the offender is liable to imprisonment for 7 years.