CIB006 - Liabilities

Question 1

Accessory after the fact
s71(1) crimes act 1961

Answer 1

• knowing any person to have been party to the offence
• receives, comforts, or assists that person or tampers with or actively suppresses any evidence against him.
• In order to enable him to escape after arrest or to avoid arrest or conviction.

Question 2

Perjury
s108(1) Crimes Act 1961

Answer 2

• a witness making any
• assertation as to any matter of fact, opinion, belief, or knowledge.
• in any judicial proceeding
• forming part of that witnesses evidence on oath
• known by that witness to be false and intended to mislead the tribunal.

Question 3

Receiving
s246(1) crimes act 1961

Answer 3

• acts of receiving
• any property stolen or obtained by any other imprisonable offence
• knowing that at the time of receiving the property that it had been stolen or so obtained
• or being reckless as to whether or not the property had been stolen or so obtained

Question 4

Conspiracy
s310(1) crimes act 1961

Answer 4

• conspires
• with any person
• to commit any offence or to do or omit, in any part of the word

Question 5

Attempts
s72(1) crimes act 1961

Answer 5

• any person
• having intent to commit an offence
• does or omits an act
• for the purpose of accomplishing his object
• is guilty of an attempt to commit the offence intended
• whether in the circumstances it was possible to commit the offence or not