Criminal Code
707Corruption in relation to legal proceedings
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707 Corruption in relation to legal proceedings (i) provides a benefit to someone else; or (ii) causes a benefit to be provided to someone else; or (iii) offers to provide, or promises to provide, a benefit to someone else; or of the provision of a benefit, to be made to someone else; and (b) the person does so with the intention that the other person or a third person will— (i) not attend as a witness, interpreter, intermediary or juror in (ii) give false or misleading evidence in a legal proceeding; or (iii) withhold true evidence in a legal proceeding; or (iv) give a false or misleading interpretation as an interpreter in (v) assist a witness to communicate evidence as an intermediary in a legal proceeding in a way that makes the evidence false or misleading; or (vi) improperly make a decision as a juror in a legal
(vii) improperly influence a juror in a legal proceeding. (i) asks for a benefit for the person or someone else; or (ii) obtains a benefit for the person or someone else; or (iii) agrees to obtain a benefit for the person or someone else; and (b) the person does so with the intention that, or with the intention of inducing, fostering or sustaining a belief that, the person or someone else will— (i) not attend as a witness, interpreter, intermediary or juror in (ii) give false or misleading evidence in a legal proceeding; or (iii) withhold true evidence in a legal proceeding; or (iv) give a false or misleading interpretation as an interpreter in (v) assist a witness to communicate evidence as an intermediary in a legal proceeding in a way that makes the evidence false or misleading; or (vi) improperly make a decision as a juror in a legal (vii) improperly influence a juror in a legal proceeding.
(3) For this section, a person (A) is taken to obtain a benefit for someone