Criminal Code
702Aggravated perjury
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702 Aggravated perjury (1) A person commits an offence (aggravated perjury) if— (a) the person makes a sworn statement in a legal proceeding with the intention of procuring the person’s or someone else’s conviction for, or acquittal of, an offence (the relevant offence); and (c) the statement is false; and (d) the person is reckless about whether the statement is false. (2) An interpreter commits an offence (also aggravated perjury) if— (a) the interpreter, by a sworn statement, gives an interpretation of a statement or other thing in a legal proceeding with the intention (c) the interpreter’s statement is false or misleading; and (d) the interpreter is reckless about whether the interpreter’s
Perjury Division 7.2.1 (3) An intermediary commits an offence (also aggravated perjury) if— (a) the intermediary, by a sworn statement, assists a witness to communicate evidence in a legal proceeding with the intention (c) the intermediary’s statement is false or misleading; and (d) the intermediary is reckless about whether the intermediary’s Note Sworn statement is defined in s 700.