PART 4
OFFENCES AGAINST THE ADMINISTRATION OF JUSTICE
Unlawful Oaths
369. Unlawful oath
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(1) A person who takes, or administers, or attempts or offers to administer, to a person, any unlawful oath is liable on conviction on indictment to imprisonment for 5 years.
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(2) In this section—
“unlawful oath” means any oath or engagement to commit or aid and abet any crime, or to conceal a design to commit any crime, or to prevent the discovery of any crime or the conviction of the person for any crime, and any oath or engagement to conceal the existence, purposes, or proceedings of any association of persons associated for any treasonable or seditious purpose;
“crime” includes any crime punishable on indictment, whether under this Code or any other enactment.
Compounding Offences