Criminal Code 2002

A person commits an offence (aggravated perjury) if—

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

the relevant offence is punishable by imprisonment; and

the statement is false; and

the person is reckless about whether the statement is false.

Maximum penalty: 1 400 penalty units, imprisonment for 14 years or both.

An interpreter commits an offence (also aggravated perjury) if—

the interpreter, by a sworn statement, gives an interpretation of a statement or other thing in a legal proceeding with the intention of procuring someone else’s conviction for, or acquittal of, an offence (the relevant offence); and

the relevant offence is punishable by imprisonment; and

the interpreter’s statement is false or misleading; and

the interpreter is reckless about whether the interpreter’s statement is false or misleading.

Maximum penalty: 1 400 penalty units, imprisonment for 14 years or both.

An intermediary commits an offence (also aggravated perjury) if—

the intermediary, by a sworn statement, assists a witness to communicate evidence in a legal proceeding with the intention of procuring someone else’s conviction for, or acquittal of, an offence (the relevant offence); and

the relevant offence is punishable by imprisonment; and

the intermediary’s statement is false or misleading; and

the intermediary is reckless about whether the intermediary’s statement is false or misleading.

Maximum penalty: 1 400 penalty units, imprisonment for 14 years or both.

Note Sworn statement is defined in s 700.