Criminal Code Act 1899

Any person who—

being a judicial officer, corruptly asks for, receives, or obtains, or agrees or attempts to receive or obtain, any property or benefit of any kind for himself, herself or any other person on account of anything already done or omitted to be done, or to be afterwards done or omitted to be done, by the person in the person’s judicial capacity; or

corruptly gives, confers, or procures, or promises or offers to give or confer, or to procure or attempt to procure, to, upon, or for, a judicial officer, or to, upon, or for any other person, any property or benefit of any kind on account of any such act or omission on the part of the judicial officer;

is guilty of a crime, and is liable to imprisonment for 14 years, and to be fined at the discretion of the court.

However, if the judicial officer is an arbitrator or umpire, the maximum term of imprisonment to which the person is liable is 7 years.

The offender can not be arrested without warrant.

A prosecution for an offence against subsection (1) can not be started without a Crown Law Officer’s consent. sch 1 pt 3 ch 16 s 120 amd 26 March 1994 RA s 39; 1999 No. 66 s 6 sch; 2002 No. 23 s 10