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CRIMES ACT 1914 - SECT 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 .


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