Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2012C00753:clause:2_14
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2012C00753
Segment Type: clause
Provision Reference: sch 2 cl 14
Character Range: 22841–23350

14  Subsections 42(1) and (2)
Repeal the subsections, substitute:
 (1) A person commits an offence if:
 (a) the person conspires with another person to obstruct, to prevent, to pervert or to defeat the course of justice in relation to a judicial power; and
 (b) the judicial power is the judicial power of the Commonwealth.
Penalty: Imprisonment for 10 years.
 (2) Absolute liability applies to the paragraph (1)(b) element of the offence.
Note: For absolute liability, see section 6.2 of the Criminal Code.