Queensland Consolidated Acts Queensland Consolidated Acts(1) A person who, without reasonable cause, causes, or threatens to cause, any injury or detriment to a judicial officer, juror, witness or member of a community justice group, or a member of the family of a judicial officer, juror, witness or member of a community justice group, in retaliation because of--
(a) anything lawfully done by the judicial officer as a judicial officer; or
(b) anything lawfully done by the juror or witness in any judicial proceeding; or
(c) anything lawfully done by any member of the community justice group a representative of which makes a submission--
(i) to a court or police officer under the Bail Act 1980 about a defendant who is an Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander person; or
(ii) to a court or police officer under the Juvenile Justice Act 1992 about a child who is an Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander person; or
(iii) to a court under the Penalties and Sentences Act 1992 about an offender who is an Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander person;
is guilty of a crime.
Maximum penalty--7 years imprisonment.
(2) In this section--
community justice group means--
(a) for a defendant under the Bail Act 1980--see the Bail Act 1980, section 6; or
(b) for a child under the Juvenile Justice Act 1992--see the Juvenile Justice Act 1992, schedule 4; or
(c) for an offender under the Penalties and Sentences Act 1992--see the Penalties and Sentences Act 1992, section 4.