Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2004A00993:clause:1_2:p43
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2004A00993
Segment Type: clause
Provision Reference: sch 1 cl 2 (pt 43/48)
Character Range: 110072–112891

influencing the outcome of such a proceeding.

Penalty: Imprisonment for 7 years.

 (2) A person commits an offence if the person:
 (a) uses evidence that is false evidence and that the person believes is false evidence; and
 (b) is reckless as to whether or not the use of the evidence could:
 (i) influence a decision on the institution of a proceeding before the International Criminal Court; or
 (ii) influence the outcome of such a proceeding.

Penalty: Imprisonment for 7 years.

 (3) For the purposes of this section, making evidence includes altering evidence, but does not include perjury.

268.104  Destroying or concealing evidence

 (1) A person commits an offence if the person destroys or conceals evidence with the intention of:
 (a) influencing a decision on the institution of a proceeding before the International Criminal Court; or
 (b) influencing the outcome of such a proceeding.

Penalty: Imprisonment for 7 years.

 (2) For the purposes of this section, destroying evidence includes making the evidence illegible, indecipherable or otherwise incapable of being identified.

268.105  Deceiving witnesses

  A person commits an offence if the person deceives another person with the intention that the other person or a third person will:
 (a) give false evidence in a proceeding before the International Criminal Court; or
 (b) withhold true evidence at such a proceeding.

Penalty: Imprisonment for 5 years.

268.106  Corrupting witnesses or interpreters

 (1) A person commits an offence if the person provides, or offers or promises to provide, a benefit to another person with the intention that the other person or a third person will:
 (a) not attend as a witness at a proceeding before the International Criminal Court; or
 (b) give false evidence at such a proceeding; or
 (c) withhold true evidence at such a proceeding.

Penalty: Imprisonment for 5 years.

 (2) A person commits an offence if the person asks for, or receives or agrees to receive, a benefit for himself, herself or another person with the intention that he, she or another person will:
 (a) not attend as a witness at a proceeding before the International Criminal Court; or
 (b) give false evidence at such a proceeding; or
 (c) withhold true evidence at such a proceeding.

Penalty: Imprisonment for 5 years.

 (3) A person commits an offence if the person provides, or offers or promises to provide, a benefit to another person with the intention that the other person or a third person will:
 (a) not attend as an interpreter at a proceeding before the International Criminal Court; or
 (b) give a false or misleading interpretation as an interpreter at such a proceeding.

Penalty: Imprisonment for 5 years.

268.107  Threatening witnesses or interpreters

 (1) A person commits an offence if the person causes