Crimes Act 1914

A person (the first person) commits an offence if:

the first person:

gives, confers or procures any property, or benefit, of any kind to, upon or for another person; or

promises or offers to give, to confer, to procure or to attempt to procure any property, or benefit, of any kind to, upon or for another person; or

asks for, receives or obtains any property, or benefit, of any kind for himself or herself or another person; or

agrees to receive or to obtain any property, or benefit, of any kind for himself or herself or another person; and

the first person does so upon an agreement or understanding that any person called, or to be called, as a witness in a judicial proceeding will:

give false testimony; or

withhold true testimony; and

the judicial proceeding is a federal judicial proceeding.

Absolute liability applies to the paragraph (1)(c) element of the offence.

For absolute liability, see section 6.2 of the Criminal Code.

A person commits an offence if:

the person does an act; and

the person does so with the intention of inducing a person called, or to be called, as a witness in a judicial proceeding:

to give false testimony; or

to withhold true testimony; and

the judicial proceeding is a federal judicial proceeding.

Absolute liability applies to the paragraph (3)(c) element of the offence.

For absolute liability, see section 6.2 of the Criminal Code.