CRIMES ACT 1900 - SECT 315 Hindering investigation etc

CRIMES ACT 1900 - SECT 315

315 Hindering investigation etc

(1) A person who does anything intending in any way to hinder--

(a) the investigation of a serious indictable offence committed by another person, or

(b) the discovery of evidence concerning a serious indictable offence committed by another person, or

(c) the apprehension of another person who has committed a serious indictable offence,

is liable to imprisonment for 7 years.

(2) For the purposes of subsection (1), a person is to be considered to have committed a serious indictable offence if a public officer engaged in the detection or investigation of offenders suspects on reasonable grounds that a person has committed the offence.

(3) It is not an offence against this section merely to refuse or fail to divulge information or produce evidence.