Crimes Act 1914

Part IA - General  

SECTION 6  

6   Accessory after the fact  


Any person who receives or assists another person, who has, to his or her knowledge, committed any offence against a law of the Commonwealth, in order to enable him or her to escape punishment or to dispose of the proceeds of the offence commits an offence.

Penalty: Imprisonment for 2 years.




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