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115: Conspiring to bring false accusation
or “Making a plan to falsely accuse someone of a crime they didn't do is against the law.”
You could also call this:

“Working together to stop someone from getting a fair trial or being treated fairly by the law”

If you agree with someone else to stop justice from happening properly in New Zealand or in another country, you are breaking the law. This is called ‘conspiring to defeat justice’. It means you try to block, stop, change, or ruin the way justice works. If you do this, you could go to prison for up to 7 years.

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or “This law makes it illegal to trick or bribe people involved in court cases, like jury members or witnesses.”
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Part 6 Crimes affecting the administration of law and justice
Misleading justice

116Conspiring to defeat justice

  1. Every one is liable to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 7 years who conspires to obstruct, prevent, pervert, or defeat the course of justice in New Zealand or the course of justice in an overseas jurisdiction.

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  • 1908 No 32 s 137
Notes
  • Section 116: amended, on , by section 6(1) of the Crimes Amendment Act 2002 (2002 No 20).