395
In forceBogus advertisements
Part 17Offences punishable summarily and summary procedure generally
395 Bogus advertisements
(1)
A person shall not publish nor cause to be published a bogus advertisement, knowing the advertisement to be bogus.
Maximum penalty: $1 000, imprisonment for 6 months or both.
(2)
In subsection (1):
bogus advertisement means an advertisement or notice containing any statement or representation that is false or misleading in a material particular with respect to—
(a)
any matter related to birth, death, engagement to be married, marriage, civil union, civil partnership or employment; or
(b)
any matter concerning a person or the property of a person, other than the person who published the advertisement or caused it to be published.
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