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A. It shall be unlawful, with purpose to hinder the apprehension, prosecution, conviction or punishment of another for the commission of an offense, to:

1. Harbor or conceal another; or

2. Provide or aid in providing a weapon, transportation, disguise or other means of avoiding apprehension or effecting escape; or

3. Conceal or destroy evidence of the offense, or tamper with a witness, informant, document or other source of information regardless of its admissibility in evidence; or

4. Warn another of impending discovery or apprehension, except if such warning is given in an attempt to get the other person to comply with the law; or

5. Volunteer false information to a law enforcement officer for the purpose of preventing the apprehension of another; or

6. Obstruct by force, threat, bribery or deception anyone from performing an act which might aid in the discovery, apprehension, prosecution or conviction of another person.

B. Obstructing justice shall be punishable by a fine not to exceed One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00), or by a term of imprisonment in the Tribal Jail not to exceed one year, or both, unless the recipient of any of the above aid has been previously sentenced to banishment, in which case a conviction under this section may result in both parties being banished for a term equal to one-half of the original sentence of banishment, plus a fine up to Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00).