Law and Justice Legislation Amendment (Identity Crimes and Other Measures) Act 2011 (3 of 2011)

Schedule 2 Administration of justice offences

Repeal the subsection, substitute:

(1) A person commits an offence if:

(a) the person conspires with another person:

(i) to charge any person falsely with an offence; or

(ii) to cause any person to be falsely charged with an offence; and

(b) the offence referred to in paragraph (a) is an offence against a law of:

(i) the Commonwealth; or

(ii) a Territory.

Penalty: Imprisonment for 10 years.

(1A) Absolute liability applies to the paragraph (1)(b) element of the offence.

Note: For absolute liability, see section 6.2 of the Criminal Code.