Making false report about child sexual offence
66AB Making false report about child sexual offence
A person commits an offence if—
the person gives information to a police officer about an alleged sexual offence against a child; and
the information is false or misleading in a material particular; and
the person knows that the information—
is false or misleading in a material particular; or
omits something, without which, the information is false or misleading in a material particular.
Maximum penalty:
for an aggravated offence—125 penalty units, imprisonment for 16 months or both; or
in any other case—100 penalty units, imprisonment for 12 months or both.
Section 72AA (Aggravated offences—pt 3 offences involving family violence) makes provision in relation to an aggravated offence against this section.
In this section:
sexual offence—see section 66AA (8).
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