Section 36A — Crimes Act 1914: Intimidation of witnesses etc.

(1) A person (the first person) commits an offence if: (a) the first person: (i) threatens, intimidates or restrains another person; or (ii) uses violence to, or inflicts an injury on, another person; or (iii) causes or procures violence, damage, loss or disadvantage to another person; or (iv) causes or procures the punishment of another person; and (b) the first person does so on account of the other person having appeared, or being about to appear, as a witness 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.