Protection of witnesses
11 Protection of witnesses
A person who causes or threatens to cause any detriment to another person with the intention that the other person or a third person will:
not attend as a witness before the Committee; or
give false evidence or a falsified document to the Committee; or
withhold true evidence or a document from the Committee;
commits an offence.
Penalty: Imprisonment for 5 years or 300 penalty units, or both.
A person who otherwise improperly influences another person with the intention that the other person or a third person will:
not attend as a witness before the Committee; or
give false evidence or a falsified document to the Committee; or
withhold true evidence or a document from the Committee;
commits an offence.
Penalty: Imprisonment for 5 years or 300 penalty units, or both.
A person who causes or threatens to cause any detriment to another person because that other person or a third person appeared before the Committee or produced a document to the Committee commits an offence.
Penalty: Imprisonment for 5 years or 300 penalty units, or both.
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