Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2025C00132:section:44
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2025C00132
Segment Type: section
Provision Reference: s 44
Character Range: 1305146–1306058

44  Compounding offences
 (1) A person (the first person) commits an offence if:
 (a) the first person:
 (i) asks for, receives or obtains any property, or benefit, of any kind for himself or herself or another person; or
 (ii) agrees to receive or to obtain any property, or benefit, of any kind for himself or herself or another person; and
 (b) the first person does so upon an agreement or understanding that the first person will:
 (i) compound or conceal an offence; or
 (ii) abstain from, discontinue or delay a prosecution for an offence; or
 (iii) withhold evidence of an offence; and
 (c) the offence referred to in paragraph (b) is an indictable offence against a law of:
 (i) the Commonwealth; or
 (ii) a Territory.
Penalty: Imprisonment for 3 years.
 (2) Absolute liability applies to the paragraph (1)(c) element of the offence.
Note: For absolute liability, see section 6.2 of the Criminal Code.