49Unlawful oaths to commit offences, &c.

49 Unlawful oaths to commit offences, &c. (a) administers, or is present at and consents to the administering of, an oath or engagement in the nature of an oath purporting to bind the person who takes it: (i) to commit an offence; (ii) to be a member of an association, society or confederacy formed or maintained for the purpose of committing an offence; (iii) to obey the orders or commands of a committee or body not lawfully constituted, or of a person not having authority by law, to give such orders or commands; (iv) not to inform or give evidence against a person; or (v) not to reveal or discover an association, society or confederacy formed or maintained for the purpose of committing an offence, or an offence that has been or is to be committed, or an unlawful 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 such an oath or engagement, not being compelled to do so, is guilty of a crime and is liable to imprisonment for 3 years. Criminal Code Act 1983 85