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Criminal Code Act 1983
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93 Judicial corruption
(a) being the holder of a judicial office, corruptly asks, receives or
obtains, or agrees or attempts to receive or obtain, any
property or benefit of any kind for himself or any other person
on account of anything already done or omitted to be done, or
to be afterwards done or omitted to be done, by him in his
judicial capacity; or
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for any person holding a judicial office, or to, upon or for any
other person, any property or benefit of any kind on account of
any such act or omission on the part of the person holding the
judicial office,
(2) In subsection (1), holder of a judicial office means a person who
by himself or with another or others conducts judicial proceedings.
(3) A prosecution of an offence against subsection (1) cannot be begun
except by the direction of a Crown Law Officer.