Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2024C00797:clause:1_11
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2024C00797
Segment Type: clause
Provision Reference: sch 1 cl 11
Character Range: 175131–176254

11  Protection of witnesses
 (1) 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:
 (a) not attend as a witness before the Committee; or
 (b) give false evidence or a falsified document to the Committee; or
 (c) withhold true evidence or a document from the Committee;
commits an offence.
Penalty: Imprisonment for 5 years or 300 penalty units, or both.
 (2) A person who otherwise improperly influences another person with the intention that the other person or a third person will:
 (a) not attend as a witness before the Committee; or
 (b) give false evidence or a falsified document to the Committee; or
 (c) withhold true evidence or a document from the Committee;
commits an offence.
Penalty: Imprisonment for 5 years or 300 penalty units, or both.
 (3) 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.