Any person who, directly or indirectly, intimidates or uses physical force, or improperly persuades or coerces another person with the intent to—
| (a) | influence, delay or prevent the testimony of that person or another person as a witness in a trial, hearing or other proceedings before any court, judicial officer, committee, commission or any officer authorised by law to hear evidence or take testimony; or |
(b) cause or induce any person to—
| (i) | testify in a particular way or fashion or in an untruthful manner in a trial hearing or other proceedings before any court, judicial officer, committee, commission or officer authorised by law to hear evidence or take testimony; |
| (ii) | withhold testimony or to withhold a record, document, police docket or other object at such trial, hearing or proceedings; |
| (iii) | give or withhold information relating to any aspect at any such trial, hearing or proceedings; |
| (iv) | alter, destroy, mutilate, or conceal a record, document, police docket or other object with the intent to impair the availability of such record, document, police docket or other object for use at such trial, hearing or proceedings; |
| (v) | give or withhold information relating to or contained in a police docket; |
| (vi) | evade legal process summoning that person to appear as a witness or to produce any record, document, police docket or other object at such trial, hearing or proceedings; or |
| (vii) | be absent from such trial, hearing or other proceedings, |
is guilty of the offence of unacceptable conduct relating to a witness.
