The Criminal Code Act 1899 - Ozcase Queensland Historical Legal ...

62 S. 122-125 CRIMINAL CODE
person, any property or benefit of any kind, on account of
any such act or omission on the part of the justice or other
person so employed;
is guilty of a crime, and is liable to imprisonment with hard labour for
fourteen years, and to be fined at the discretion of the Court;
The offender cannot be arrested without warrant.
122. Corrupting or Threatening Jurors. Any person who-
(1) Attempts by threats or intimidation of any kind, or by bene-
fits or promises of benefit of any kind, or by other corrupt
means, to influence any person, whether a particular person
or not, in his conduct as a juror in any judicial proceeding,
whether he has been sworn as a juror or not; or
(2) Threatens to do any injury or cause any detriment of any kind
to any person on account of anything done by him as a
juror in any judicial proceeding; or
(3) Accepts any benefit or promise of benefit on account of
anything to be done by him as a juror in any judicial pro-
ceeding, whether he has been sworn as a juror or not, or on
account of anything already done by him as a juror in any
judicial proceeding;
is guilty of a misdemeanour, and is liable to imprisonment with hard
labour for three years.
123. Perjury. Any person who in any judicial proceeding, or for the
purpose of instituting any judicial proceeding, knowingly gives false
testimony touching any matter which is material to any question then
depending in that proceeding, or intended to be raised in that proceeding,
is guilty of a crime, which is called perjury.
It is immaterial whether the testimony is given on oath or under
any other sanction authorised by law.
The forms and ceremonies used in administering the oath or in
otherwise binding the person giving the testimony to speak the truth are
immaterial, if he assents to the forms and ceremonies actually used.
It is immaterial whether the false testimony is given orally or in
writing.
It is immaterial whether the court or tribunal is properly constituted,
or is held in the proper place, or not, if it actually acts as a court or
tribunal in the proceeding in which the testimony is given.
It is immaterial whether the person who gives the testimony is a
competent witness or not, or whether the testimony is admissible in the
proceeding or not.
The offender cannot be arrested without warrant.
enf of Perjury. Any person who commits perjury is liable
to imprisonment with hard labour for fourteen years.
If the offender commits the crime in order to procure the conviction
of another person for a crime punishable with imprisonment with hard
labour for life, he is liable to imprisonment with hard labour for life.
As amended by Act of 1922, 13 Geo. 5 No. 2, s. 3 (viii).
125. Evidence on Charge of Perjury. A person cannot be convicted of
committing perjury or of counselling or procuring the commission of
perjury upon the uncorroborated testimony of one witness,