ROYAL COMMISSIONS ACT 1968 - SECT 29

ROYAL COMMISSIONS ACT 1968 - SECT 29

29 .         Injury to witness

                A person who uses, causes, inflicts, or procures, any violence, punishment, damage, loss, or disadvantage to any other person for or on account of his having appeared as a witness before any Commission, or for or on account of any evidence given by him before any Commission, is guilty of a crime.

        Penalty: Imprisonment for 5 years.

        Summary conviction penalty: Imprisonment for 2 years and a fine of $24 000.

        [Section 29 amended: No. 30 of 2006 s. 14.]