Penal Code

Updated on 15 September 2021

Part I. Preliminary

1A. This document shall be called the Penal Code.

1B. If not otherwise expressed, this code shall be effective anywhere within our jurisdiction.

1C. The staff team is a statutory body that administers justice in BattleAsya. They represent the public interest. Thereby, they are entitled to exercise any given power justified by this code.

1C(1). The staff team is entitled to enforce, to interpret, or to revise, at any time, any part of this code, without having to explain such move.

1C(2). The staff team is entitled to inflict any punishment they saw fit on any person, without having to explain such move.

1C(3). The staff team is entitled to declare any person persona non grata, without having to explain such move. A person so declared is unwelcome by the community and shall be deported immediately with a permanent ban.

1C(4). The staff team is entitled to alter or erase the property, progress or profile of any person, without having to explain or compensate for such move.

1D. Throughout this code every definition of an offence and every penal provision shall be understood subject to the exceptions contained in the part entitled “general exceptions”, though those exceptions are not repeated thereafter.

1E. Whoever joins the server is deemed -

(a) to have entered our jurisdiction; and
(b) to have fully read and fully understood this code; and
(c) to be in favor of this code; and
(d) to adhere to this code; and
(e) to support the staff team in the performance of her duty.

Part II. General Exceptions

2A. A person does not commit an offence if he or she does something that is bound by or justified by this code in doing it.

2B. A person does not commit an offence if he or she does something in pursuance of, or which is warranted by, the judgment or order from the staff team.

2C. A member of staff does not commit an offence when acting judicially in the exercise of any power which is given to him or her by this code.

2D. A person's mistake or ignorance of this code is not a defence to a charge for an offence.

2E(1). A person's inability to safeguard his or her account is not a defence to a charge for an offence. No exemption will be made if another person uses your account to commit an offence.
You're responsible for your account and whom has access to it. If someone else broke the rules and not you, you still have to take that responsibility. That account will be terminated until the ban is lifted through successful appeal.

2E(2). A person's inability to safeguard his or her IP from rules breakers is not a defence to a charge for an offence. No exemption will be made if another person in your IP committed an offence.
You're responsible for your IP and whom has access to it. If someone else in your IP broke the rules and not you, you still have to take that responsibility. All accounts in that IP will be terminated until the ban is lifted through successful appeal.

2E(3). Transfer of account ownership is not a defence to a charge for an offence. No exemption will be made to the new account holder.

Part III. Cheating

Section 3. Cheating
Section 3A. Spirit of Legislation
Section 3B(1). Presumption of Guilt: Punishment Issued by Anti-Cheat
Section 3B(2). Presumption of Guilt: Intends to be Punished for Cheating
Section 3B(3). Presumption of Guilt: Resists or Refuses to Cooperate in a Screen-Share Check
Section 3B(4). Presumption of Guilt: Offences in Another Jurisdiction
Section 3C(1). Approved Modifications
Section 3C(2). Unapproved Modifications

3. Subject to sections 3A and 3C(1), any person who attempts to gain himself or herself an advantage that is obviously unfair against the others, in any one or more of the following ways -

(a) by using or possessing a hacked client;
(b) by using or possessing a third-party program with direct / indirect alterations to the way of clicking, or how the client sends data to the server;
Examples include (but not limited to) autoclickers, macros, multiple attack buttons (multiple buttons/keys bound to left click), and changing default mouse interactions (like double/triple click on a single click).
The third-party program can be a mod, a client add-on or an external software.
(c) by clicking at an inhuman speed; [Exception: MLG Rush]
It is not humanly possible to achieve 20+ cps without any machinery assistance, such as by editing hardware.
Butterfly clicking or drag clicking is not possible on all mice and is not a normal way to click. It gives you an unfair advantage against people that are playing the game how it is meant to be played.
Use at your own risk: Butterfly Clicking, Drag Clicking, Scroll Clicking.
Use safely: Normal Clicking, Jitter Clicking.
Golden Rules: one button, one finger, one click.
(d) by using illegal automation;
Examples include (but not limited to) auto commands, baritone mod, auto farm mod, autoclicker, anti afk mod, anything that is non-vanilla.
Use at your own risk: 1.16+ Vanilla Keybind "AutoClick" for PvE (Highly discouraged as it behaves like a real AC.)
Use safely: Vanilla F3+? "AutoClick" that will only move your arm when there is a block or mob in front of you.
(e) by using or possessing a resource pack which functions like an x-ray module;
(f) by using or possessing an unapproved modification, subject to section 3C(2);
(g) by exploiting / abusing a bug;
(h) by teaming with an opposing team against another opposing team, i.e. cross-teaming; [Applicable to BedWars, SkyWars Only]
Teaming is allowed when every remaining player alive in a game agrees to it.
(i) by making yourself nearly inaccessible for no other reason than to create a stalemate, i.e. illegal camping; [Applicable to BedWars, SkyWars, MLG Rush Only]
The following list contains all the possible forms of illegal camping that are punishable on the server:
- Sky-basing near the boundaries of the arena.
- Sky-basing at a very high altitude that cannot be seen.
- Sky-basing under islands.
Camping on any structure that comes with the arena itself shall not be considered illegal and is not punishable.
(j) by logging out in midst of a battle to knowingly avoid combat or death, i.e. combat-logging;
(k) by modifying latency to an abnormal extent to knowingly achieve unfair laggy movement;
(l) by using multiple accounts to gain an obvious advantage in-game, i.e. illegal multi-accounting; or
The following list contains all the possible forms of illegal multi-accounting that are punishable on the server:
- alt boosting: farming kills on an alt or with friends in game for an an excessive amount of time.
- rewards boosting: using unreasonable amount of alts to get rewards.
- using alts to fill enemy teams with useless players.
- using alts to fill your team to give you extra lives if your main account is taken out of the game.
Accounts can be either yours or someone else's.
(m) by abusing /fly in midst of a battle,

is deemed to have committed cheating, and shall be guilty of an offence.

3A. The definition of cheating shall not be limited to the scope as defined above. When defining what act constitutes to cheating, the spirit of this legislation, which is the provision of a fair and disciplined environment, has to be considered and respected. That is to say, any person who acts in defiance of such spirit shall be subject to conviction.

3B(1). If the Anti-Cheat punishes a person for cheating, it shall be presumed, in the absence of evidence to the contrary, that such person has infringed section 3 unless he or she is able to give a satisfactory explanation to justify his or her innocence.

3B(2). If any person acts suspiciously in a way that arouses reasonable apprehension as to whether he or she is cheating, such as by -

(a) sending a screenshot showing the use of a hacked client or a hack module;
(b) admitting to cheating in public; or
(c) doing something sketchy during, before or after a screen-share,

then, it shall be presumed, in the absence of evidence to the contrary, that such person has infringed section 3 unless he or she is able to give a satisfactory explanation for such suspicious act.

3B(3). If any person resists or refuses to cooperate in a screen-share check demanded by the staff team, it shall be presumed, in the absence of evidence to the contrary, that such person has infringed section 3 unless he or she is able to give a satisfactory explanation for such suspicious act.

3B(4). If any person commits cheating outside our jurisdiction, it shall be presumed, in the absence of evidence to the contrary, that such person has infringed section 3 within our jurisdiction unless he or she is able to give a satisfactory explanation to justify his or her innocence.

3C(1). A person does not commit an offence if he or she uses any one or more of the following modifications -

(a) client performance improvement mods;
(b) brightness or gamma adjustment mods;
(c) aesthetic mods;
(d) armor or effect status mods;
(e) minimaps;
(f) replay mods; or
(g) pvp enhancement mods,

and only if such usage does not negate the spirit under sections 3 and 3A.

3C(2). For modifications that do not conform to section 3C(1) shall be presumed unapproved. Their use, if no such intent or consequence as defined in section 3 can be observed, shall fall within the "use at your own risk" category. Otherwise, their use shall be subject to regulation in accordance with section 3.

Part IV. Disruption of Public Order

Section 4A. Uncivilised Act
Section 4A(1) Exemption: Advertising
Section 4B. Hatred Promotion
Section 4C. Spread of Malicious Rumors
Section 4D. Impersonation
Section 4E. Illegal Disclosure
Section 4F. Offences in Another Jurisdiction

4A. Any person who behaves in a toxic, noisy, disorderly, or uncivilized manner, in any one or more of the following ways -

(a) by spamming / flooding the chat repeatedly;
(b) by dragging a word repeatedly;
(c) by begging for alms repeatedly;
(d) by cursing or swearing;
(e) by bypassing the word filters;
(f) by sharing adult content or malicious links;
(g) by using an inappropriate username, nick, skin, cape, item's name, faction's name, clan's name, etc; or
For players who are banned for using an inappropriate username will not have their progress transferred to their new account for free. Please perform with cautions when choosing your initial username.
(h) by chat trolling,
This includes but not limited to tricks like telling players to press Alt+F4, using colour codes to make fake private messages, faking rank messages, etc.

with intent to provoke a breach of the peace, or whereby a breach of the peace is likely to be caused, is deemed to have committed disruption of public order, and shall be guilty of an offence.

4A(1). Subject to section 4A, advertising is allowed unless it is spammed or abused.

4B. Any person who promotes hatred (towards a target) in any one or more of the following ways -

(a) by intimidation;
(b) by defamation / defamatory insults / personal attacks;
(c) by discrimination; or
(d) by leaking private / personal information without consent,

with intent to upset others or the community, or whereby a breach of the peace is likely to be caused, is deemed to have committed disruption of public order, and shall be guilty of an offence.

4C. Any person who spreads or assists in spreading false statements, malicious rumors, or fake news -

(a) with knowledge that the statement is false; or
(b) with reckless disregard of whether the statement is false or not; or
(c) with intent to fabricate the truth,

whereby a breach of the peace is likely to be caused, is deemed to have committed disruption of public order, and shall be guilty of an offence.

4D. Any person who impersonates a member of staff or a well-known member of the community, regardless of whether he or she has any actual benefit from doing so, and whereby a breach of the peace is likely to be caused, is deemed to have committed disruption of public order, and shall be guilty of an offence.

4E. Any person who discloses or assists in disclosing classified information without consent, such as the procedures to replicate a certain bug or exploit, or confidential documents with security clearance, whereby a breach of the peace is likely to be caused, is deemed to have committed disruption of public order, and shall be guilty of an offence.

4F. Any person who commits any one or more of the offences under this part outside our jurisdiction can still be prosecuted in accordance with relevant regulations -

(a) if that person is a member of the community, and
(b) if his or her violation affects another member of the community, or the community's interest as a whole.

Part V. Illegal Possession or Redistribution of Restricted Items

Section 5A(1). Definition of Restricted Items
Section 5A(2). Scope of Enforcement
Section 5B. Illegal Possession of Restricted Items
Section 5B(1). Exemptions for VIP and Gkit Rank Holders to Use or to Keep Restricted Items
Section 5B(2). Exemptions Related to Other Accounts of VIP and Gkit Rank Holders
Section 5B(3). Exemptions for Cooperative Act
Section 5C. Illegal Redistribution of Restricted Items
Section 5C(1). Exemptions for VIP and Gkit Rank Holders to Redistribute Restricted Items
Section 5C(2). Additional Liability of VIP and GKit Rank Holders

5A(1). Restricted items refer to those unnaturally enchanted items, i.e. armor pieces, tools, or weapons with enchantment levels exceeding vanilla limits. These items are often watermarked, and can only be obtained from vip kits or gkits. [See Illustration 1 and 2]

5A(2). Sections under this Part shall only be enforced in OP-Survival, OP-Skyblock and Towny.

5B. Subject to section 5B(1) and 5B(3), any person who uses or keeps restricted items, regardless of whether he or she has any actual benefit from doing so, is deemed to have committed illegal possession of restricted items, and shall be guilty of an offence.

5B(1). Subject to section 5B(2), a person does not commit an offence if he or she is a VIP or Gkit rank holder, and if he or she has the correct level of clearance to use or to keep such items. For such clearance to be eligible for an exemption, one has to possess a relevant rank or permission level that matches or inherits the one watermarked on such items. [See Illustration 3]

5B(2). Section 5B(1) shall not apply to any other accounts of that person if these accounts do not possess the required ranks or permission levels as mandated by the relevant regulations. i.e. The exemption is username-based, not person-based.

5B(3). A person does not commit an offence if he or she destroyed or surrendered such items to the staff team before any legal action takes place, and if he or she has no intention to act in defiance of any sections under this part in the very first place.

5C. Subject to section 5C(1), any person who redistributes restricted items, regardless of whether he or she has any actual benefit from doing so, is deemed to have committed illegal redistribution of restricted items, and shall be guilty of an offence.

5C(1). A person does not commit an offence if his or her identity complies with section 5B(1), and if he or she gives such items to another person, and if that another person has the correct level of clearance to use or to keep such items as in accordance with section 5B(1). [See Illustration 4]

5C(2). If the holder of such items, regardless of his or her intent, allows public access to such items of his or her holding, in any one or more of the following ways -

(a) by dropping the items in a public area;
(b) by putting the items in a chest without putting a lock sign on it;
(c) by allowing a person without the correct level of clearance to access a locked chest that contains the items; [See Illustration 5]
(d) by any other ways that allows another person without sufficient clearance to access such items,

whereby an occasion as defined in section 5B is likely to be caused, then he or she is deemed to have committed an offence as in accordance with section 5C.

Illustration 1: Restricted items in OP-Survival refers to any watermarked items enchanted with Protection V or above, Sharpness VI or above, Efficiency VI (Excluding McMMO's Super Breaker) or above, Power VI or above, Unbreaking IV or above.

Illustration 2: Restricted items in OP-Skyblock refers to any watermarked items enchanted with Protection VII or above, Sharpness VIII or above, Efficiency VIII or above, Power VIII or above.

Illustration 3: That is to say, a Nobiles (VIP3) rank holder shall not be convicted for possessing any restricted items watermarked with Equites (VIP1), Patricii (VIP2) or Nobiles (VIP3). Likewise, a Soul (Gkit) rank holder shall not be convicted for possessing any restricted items watermarked with Soul (Gkit).

Illustration 4: That is to say, a Nobiles (VIP3) rank holder shall not be convicted for giving any restricted items watermarked with Patricii (VIP2) to another Patricii (VIP2) rank holder. Likewise, a Soul (Gkit) rank holder shall not be convicted for giving any restricted items watermarked with Soul (Gkit) to another Soul (Gkit) rank holder.

Illustration 5: For any locked chest that contains restricted items, the lock signs shall only include the usernames of those who have the correct level of clearance to access the items. Very often, in such situation, the holder of that locked chest, i.e. the second line of the lock sign, will be punished.

Part VI. Lagging the Server

Section 6. Lagging the Server
Section 6A. Obvious Infringement
Section 6B(1). Exceeding the Legal Amount of Placement of Items Per Chunk in OP-Survival
Section 6B(2). Exceeding the Legal Amount of Placement of Items Per Island in OP-Skyblock
Section 6B(3). Exceeding the Legal Amount of Placement of Items Per Chunk in Towny
Section 6C. Exceeding the Legal Dimension of Vegetation Farms in OP-Survival, OP-Skyblock and Towny
Section 6D. Exceeding the Legal Amount of Accounts for Ores Mining and Mobs Grinding in OP-Skyblock
Section 6E. Producing a Large Number of Ground Entities

6. Any person who uses, places or breaks anything, or ultimately does anything that causes the server to lag in an obvious manner, or whereby an obvious server lag is likely to be caused, regardless of whether he or she has the intent to do so, is deemed to have committed lagging the server, and shall be guilty of an offence.

6A. Any person who does any one or more of the following -

by building a large water or lava structure without a proper use;
by placing an intolerable amount of signs, hoppers, spawners, heads, item frames, painting or empty chests within an area without a proper use; or
by building zero-tick farms, auto-sorters, or any complex redstone machines or contraptions,

is deemed to have infringed section 6.

Applicable to OP-Survival
6B(1). Any person who places more than 4 spawners, 10 hoppers, 50 armor stands, 20 redstones, 1 comparator or 128 tiles within a chunk is deemed to have infringed section 6.

Applicable to OP-Skyblock
6B(2). Any person who places more than 50 spawners, 20 hoppers, 50 armor stands, 30 redstones, 1 comparator or 128 tiles within an island is deemed to have infringed section 6.

Applicable to Towny
6B(3). Any person who places more than 10 hoppers, 50 armor stands, 20 redstones, 1 observer, 1 comparator, or 128 tiles within a chunk is deemed to have infringed section 6.

Applicable to OP-Survival, OP-Skyblock and Towny
6C. Any person who creates a vegetation farm, and yet -

(a) its size exceeds 48 blocks in any dimension; or
(b) the minimum distance between two farms in any dimension is smaller than 48 blocks,

is deemed to have infringed section 6.

Applicable to OP-Skyblock
6D. Any person who uses more than 2 accounts (per player or per IP) simultaneously for ores mining or mobs grinding, is deemed to have infringed section 6.

6E. Any person who produces a large number of ground entities is deemed to have infringed section 6.

Part VII. Griefing

Section 7A. Property Griefing
Section 7B. Wilderness Destruction

7A. Any person who causes the destruction of any property, or any such change on any property that destroys or diminishes its value or utility, and if such property falls within any of the following categories -

(a) protected property that belongs to the staff team; or
(b) protected property that belongs to a faction (on its territory) in OP-Survival; or
(c) protected property that belongs to an island (within its territory) in OP-Skyblock; or
(d) protected property that belongs to a town (on its territory) in Towny; or
(e) unprotected property that is obviously artificial and has high architectural values,

shall be guilty of an offence.

7B. Any person who causes extensive damage to the wilderness that obviously destroys a large portion of its beauty, integrity, and sustainability, and that the destruction is beyond what the community can possibly tolerate, shall be guilty of an offence.

Part VIII. Insiding

Section 8A. Insiding in OP-Survival, OP-Skyblock or Towny
Section 8B. Insiding in Minigames

8A. Assume that there is a person who joined a group in OP-Survival, OP-Skyblock or Towny. Such group can be a faction, or an island team, or a town. If the main inducement for that person to join such group is to deceit, or to destroy, or to overturn it from within, and if he or she has demonstrated such malicious intention in an explicit manner, such as by stealing, griefing, or overclaiming property that belongs to such group, then that person is deemed to have committed insiding, and shall be guilty of an offence.

8B. Assume that there is a person who joined a group in Minigames. Such group can be a party or a team. If the main inducement for that person to join such group is to defeat it from within, and if he or she has demonstrated such malicious intention in an explicit manner, such as by -

(a) disclosing locations of teammates;
(b) revealing team's strategies;
(c) killing / injuring teammates;
(d) breaking crafting tables / anvils to steal items from teammates; or
(e) breaking team defenses for no obvious reasons,

then that person is deemed to have committed insiding, and shall be guilty of an offence.

Part IX. Illegal Detainment

Section 9. Illegal Detainment

9. Any person who detains another person with a trap or with a room, while this trap or room -

(a) is in OP-Survival, OP-Skyblock or Towny; or
(b) cannot completely kill that person within a reasonable period of time; or
(c) provides no obvious way of escape,

is deemed to have committed illegal detainment, and shall be guilty of an offence.

Part X. Theft

Section 10. Theft
Section 10A. Intention Not to Make Restoration
Section 10B. Account Hijacking

10. Any person who intends to take dishonestly any movable property out of the possession of any person without that person’s consent, or to appropriate that property in order to permanently deprive that person of it, is deemed to have committed theft, and shall be guilty of an offence.

10A. Any person who gets property by another’s mistake, and is under an obligation to return the property or the value thereof, then to the extent of that obligation, an intention not to return the property shall be regarded as an intention to deprive that person of the property that he or she owns, and shall be deemed to have infringed section 10.

10B. Any person who willfully attempts to hijack an account, regardless of success or failure, whereby an occasion as defined in section 10 is likely to be caused, is deemed to have infringed section 10.

Part XI. Scamming

Section 11. Scamming

11. Any person who, by any deception, dishonestly induces another person to commit an act or an omission, such as by tricking a player into revealing any personal information such as their password, home address, financial information, or more, which results either -

(a) in benefit to any person other than the second-mentioned person; or
(b) in dis-benefit to any person other than the first-mentioned person,

then the first-mentioned person is said to have committed scamming, and shall be guilty of an offence.

Part XII. Extortion

Section 12. Extortion

12. Any person who intentionally puts any person in fear of any harm to that person or to any other person, whether such harm is to be caused legally or illegally, and thereby dishonestly induces the person to deliver to any person anything valuable such as property or money, shall be guilty of an offence.

Part XIII. Handling Illegal Goods

Section 13. Handling Illegal Goods

13. Any person who, while knowing that such goods are probably stolen, duplicated or possessed illegally, receives such goods, or undertakes or assists in their retention, removal, disposal or realization for the benefit of another person, or if he or she arranges to do so, shall be guilty of an offence.

Part XIV. Unlawful Groups or Clans

Section 14A. Supporting or Managing an Unlawful Clan
Section 14A(1). Definition of Members or Adherents
Section 14B. Prohibition of Operation of a Group of Clan

14A. If a group or clan that is organized for the purpose of uniting its members or adherents -

(a) in a way that such unity usurps, may usurp, tends to usurp, or appears to usurp the functions of the staff team; or
(b) for the use of exciting disaffection against the staff team, or in such manner as to arouse reasonable apprehension that they are organized for that purpose,

then -

(i) any person who is a member or adherent of such group or clan shall be guilty of an offence of supporting an unlawful clan; and
(ii) any person who takes part in the control or management of such group or clan shall be guilty of an offence of managing an unlawful clan.

14A(1). Any person who assists or supports such group or clan as defined in section 14A in an explicit manner, regardless of whether he or she is -

a member of that group or clan; or
taking part in the control or management of that group or clan,

shall be presumed as a member or adherent of that group or clan.

14B. The staff team is entitled to make an order prohibiting the operation of a group or clan within our jurisdiction if there are strong reasons to prove that such move is necessary in upholding public order or the public interest. Any group or clan that is ordered to do so is presumed to be unlawful.

Part XV. Offences Against the Staff Team

Section 15A. Resisting, obstructing or insulting a member of staff or an authorized person lawfully engaged in a public duty
Section 15B. Falsely pretending to be or to be able to influence a member of staff
Section 15C. Compelling the staff team to make a compensation of refund
Section 15D. Inciting disaffection, mutiny, or subversion against the established order

To embody the rule of law, it requires not only comprehensive statutory provisions and effective law enforcement, but also people's awareness and observance of the law. Our staff perform their duties to safeguard the overall interest of the community. They are absolutely not seeking personal gains or making life difficult for players with intent.

All along, members of staff enforcing the laws have been performing their duties in a professional and impartial manner in accordance with the law to serve the community with dedication. They should be respected and not be insulted verbally or by any acts. However, in recent months, there were frequent occurrences of incidents where members of staff undertaking law enforcement duties were arbitrarily insulted or provoked by members of the community. This has greatly increased the their work stress and the difficulties in performing their duties, dampening their morale and passion for serving the community. Such circumstances are certainly not conducive to the benefit of BattleAsya.

15A. Any person who resists, obstructs, or insults a member of staff lawfully engaged in the performance of any public duty, or any person lawfully assisting that member of staff therein, shall be guilty of an offence.

15B. Any person who, by any act or omission, and whether or not with intent to procure any valuable return, falsely pretends to be a member of staff, or to be able to procure any member of staff to do or refrain from doing anything in connection with his or her duty, shall be guilty of an offence.

15C. With the provision of No Compensation Policy and No Refund Policy, any perrson who willfully attempts to intimidate, threatens, or compel the staff team to make a compensation or refund due to any sort of reasons, shall be guilty of an offence.

15D. Any person who knowingly attempts to -

(a) overthrow the staff team; or
(b) dispose KaytlynJay from her current ruling title; or
(c) intimidate, overawe or compel the staff team to change its policies, measures or counsels;
(d) instigate any external force to interfere, destroy or invade BattleAsya; or
(e) seduce any member of staff from his or her duty and allegiance to KaytlynJay; or
(f) incite any such person from (e) to commit an act of mutiny or any traitorous or mutinous act; or
(g) make or endeavor to make a mutinous clan or group; or
(h) bring into hatred or contempt or to excite disaffection against KaytlynJay, or against the staff team, or any member of staff; or
(i) bring into hatred or contempt or to excite disaffection against the administration of justice; or
(j) raise discontent or disaffection amongst the community; or
(k) counsel disobedience to this code or to any lawful order,

and manifests such intention by an overt act, shall be guilty of an offence.

Part XVI. Perverting the Course of Justice

Section 16. Perverting the Course of Justice

16. Any person who willfully attempts to obstruct, prevent, pervert, or defeat the course of justice in a judicial proceeding, such as by-

(a) making false allegations;
(b) fabricating falsified evidence;
(c) hiding or destroying evidence;
(d) assisting suspects or criminals;
(e) intimidating, coercing, or harassing witnesses or investigators; or
(g) evading from prosecution or punishment,

while -

(i) knowing that such act is likely to obstruct, prevent, pervert or defeat the course of justice; or
(ii) intending to obstruct, prevent, pervert or defeat the course of justice,

shall be guilty of an offence.

Part XVII. Abetment and Conspiracy

Section 17. Abetment
Section 18. Conspiracy

17. Any person who willfully aids, abets, counsels, or procures the commission of an offence punishable in this code, shall be liable to be dealt with and punished as a principal offender.

18. Any person who agrees with another person to commit an offence, or to cause an offence to be committed, shall be liable to be dealt with and punished as a principal offender.