Section 36 — Crimes Act 1914: Fabricating evidence

(1) A person commits an offence if: (a) the person: (i) fabricates evidence; or (ii) makes use of fabricated evidence; and (b) the person does so with the intention of misleading a court or judicial tribunal in a judicial proceeding; and (c) the judicial proceeding is a federal judicial proceeding. Penalty: Imprisonment for 5 years. (2) Absolute liability applies to the paragraph (1)(c) element of the offence. Note: For absolute liability, see section 6.2 of the Criminal Code.