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CRIMES ACT 1914

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CRIMES ACT 1914 SECT 37

37 Corruption of witnesses
Any person who:
(a)
gives, confers, or procures, or promises or offers to give, confer, procure or attempt to procure, any property or benefit of any kind to, upon, or for, any person, upon any agreement or understanding that any person called or to be called as a witness in any judicial proceeding shall give false testimony or withhold true testimony; or
(b)
does an act with the intention of inducing a person called or to be called as a witness in any judicial proceeding to give false testimony, or to withhold true testimony; or
(c)
asks, receives, or obtains, or agrees to receive or obtain, any property or benefit of any kind for himself, or any other person, upon any agreement or understanding that any person shall as a witness in any judicial proceeding give false testimony or withhold true testimony;

shall be guilty of an indictable offence.

Penalty: Imprisonment for 5 years.

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