Indemnification of sureties
51 Indemnification of sureties
A person commits an offence if the person indemnifies, or agrees to indemnify, anyone else against a liability the other person incurs or may incur as surety for an accused person.
Maximum penalty: 200 penalty units, imprisonment for 2 years or both.
A person commits an offence if the person is indemnified, or agrees to be indemnified, by someone else against a liability the person incurs or may incur as surety for an accused person.
Maximum penalty: 200 penalty units, imprisonment for 2 years or both.
For this section, it does not matter whether—
the agreement is for compensation in money or anything else; or
the agreement is made before or after the person indemnified, or agreed to be indemnified, becomes a surety; or
the person indemnified, or agreed to be indemnified, becomes a surety.
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