Crimes Act 1961

Crimes against public order - Offence of oath to commit offence

80: Oath to commit offence

You could also call this:

"Helping someone promise to do something wrong can get you in trouble"

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If you help someone take an oath to do something wrong, you can get in trouble. You can go to prison for up to 5 years if you give someone an oath to commit a crime, or if you are there when someone else gives them the oath and you agree with it. You can also get in trouble if you try to make someone take this kind of oath.

If you try to make someone take an oath to commit a crime, or if you take the oath yourself, you can get in trouble. You can go to prison for up to 5 years for doing these things. The law is clear about what happens if you do something like this.

If you have already been found not guilty or guilty of helping someone take an oath to commit a crime, you cannot be tried again for treason for the same thing. This means you will not have to go to court again for the same crime. You will not be tried for being involved in treason either.

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Part 5Crimes against public order
Offence of oath to commit offence

80Oath to commit offence

  1. Every one is liable to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 5 years who—

  2. administers or is present at and consenting to the administration of any oath or engagement purporting to bind the person taking the same to commit any offence; or
    1. attempts to induce or compel any person to take any such oath or engagement; or
      1. takes any such oath or engagement.
        1. No one who has been acquitted or convicted of any offence against this section is liable to be afterwards tried for treason, or for being accessory after the fact to treason, in respect of the same matter.

        Compare
        • 1908 No 32 ss 115, 116