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Criminal Code Act 1983
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294 Punishment of accessories after the fact
(1) Any person who becomes an accessory after the fact to murder or
terrorism is guilty of an indictable offence and is liable to
(2) Any person who becomes an accessory after the fact to any other
offence of such a nature that the offender may be sentenced to
imprisonment for a term greater than 3 years is guilty of an
indictable offence and is liable, if no other punishment is provided,
to imprisonment for 2 years.
(3) Any person who becomes an accessory after the fact to any other
offence of such a nature that the offender may be sentenced to
imprisonment for one year, is guilty of an offence and is liable to a
punishment equal to one-half of the greatest punishment to which
the perpetrator is liable on being found guilty.
(4) If a charge of the offence to which the person is an accessory may
be heard and determined summarily, a charge of the offence of
being an accessory to the offence may also be heard and
determined with summarily.
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