Fiji

Crimes Decree 2009 (decree No. 44 of 2009)

CHAPTER III — CRIMINAL OFFENCES

PART 11 — OFFENCES AGAINST THE ADMINISTRATION OF LAWFUL AUTHORITY

Division 1 — Corruption and the Abuse of Office

Sub-Division g — Other Offences Relating to the Aministration of Justice

Conspiracy to defeat justice and interference with witnesses

190. A person commits a summary offence if he or she —

(a) conspires with any other person to knowingly and maliciously accuse any person falsely of any crime ; or
(b) conspires to do anything to obstruct, prevent, pervert or defeat the course of justice ; or
(c) in order to obstruct the due course of justice, dissuades, hinders or prevents any person lawfully bound to appear and give evidence as a witness from appearing and giving evidence, or endeavours to do so ; or
(d) obstructs or in any way interferes with or knowingly prevents the execution of any legal process (civil or criminal) ;
(e) in any way obstructs, prevents, perverts or defeats, or attempts to obstruct, prevent, pervert or defeat, the course of justice.

Keywords

Offences against administration of justice
Giving false testimony
Presenting false or forged evidence
Corruptly influencing a witness, obstructing or interfering with the attendance or testimony of a witness, retaliating against a witness for giving testimony or destroying, tampering with or interfering with the collection of evidence



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