Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2009A00106:clause:1_58ag
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2009A00106
Segment Type: clause
Provision Reference: sch 1 cl 58AG
Character Range: 110204–112062

58AG  Bribery of jurors or potential jurors

Giving a bribe
 (1) A person commits an offence if:
 (a) the person dishonestly:
 (i) provides a benefit to another person; or
 (ii) causes a benefit to be provided to another person; or
 (iii) offers to provide, or promises to provide, a benefit to another person; or
 (iv) causes an offer of the provision of a benefit, or a promise of the provision of a benefit, to be made to another person; and
 (b) the person does so with the intent of influencing:
 (i) a juror (who may or may not be the other person) in the exercise of the juror's duties as a juror; or
 (ii) a potential juror (who may or may not be the other person) in the exercise of the potential juror's duties as a potential juror.
Penalty: Imprisonment for 10 years.

Receiving a bribe
 (2) A person commits an offence if:
 (a) the person is a juror or potential juror; and
 (b) the person dishonestly:
 (i) asks for a benefit for himself, herself or another person; or
 (ii) receives or obtains a benefit for himself, herself or another person; or
 (iii) agrees to receive or obtain a benefit for himself, herself or another person; and
 (c) the person does so with the intent:
 (i) that the exercise of the person's duties as a juror or potential juror will be influenced; or
 (ii) of inducing, fostering or sustaining a belief that the exercise of the person's duties as a juror or potential juror will be influenced.
Penalty: Imprisonment for 10 years.

Determination of dishonesty to be a matter for the trier of fact
 (3) In a prosecution for an offence against this section, the determination of dishonesty is a matter for the trier of fact.

Expressions have Criminal Code meaning
 (4) An expression used in this section that is also used in Chapter 7 of the Criminal Code has the same meaning in this section as it has in that Chapter.