Recovery of amounts paid because of false or misleading statements
46 Recovery of amounts paid because of false or misleading statements
This section applies if:
an amount is paid to a person:
purportedly by way of reimbursement to a person under subsection 13(4); or
purportedly as travelling expenses under Part 3; and
as a result of making a false or misleading statement, the amount paid exceeds the amount (if any) that should have been paid.
The amount of the excess is recoverable, in a court of competent jurisdiction, as a debt due to the Commonwealth from:
the person by or on behalf of whom the statement was made; or
the estate of that person.
Subsection (2) applies whether or not:
the amount was paid to the person by or on behalf of whom the statement was made; and
any person has been convicted of an offence in relation to the making of the statement.
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