False declaration by debtor or bankrupt
267 False declaration by debtor or bankrupt
This section applies to a declaration contained in a statement that:
is filed under paragraph 54(1)(a) or (2)(a); or
accompanies a declaration presented under section 54A; or
accompanies a petition presented under paragraph 55(2)(b) or subsection 56B(1); or
is filed under paragraph 56F(1)(a) or (b); or
accompanies a petition presented under subsection 57(1); or
is filed in accordance with a notice given under subsection 57B(3); or
is given to the Official Receiver under section 77CA; or
is given to the Official Receiver under:
subsection 185C(2B); or
subsection 185M(1B); or
subsection 185P(1B); or
is given to the Official Receiver under section 185D with a debt agreement proposal; or
is given under subsection 188(2C) or (2D).
A person must not make a declaration to which this section applies that the person knows to be false.
Penalty: Imprisonment for 12 months.
Presumed maker of declaration in electronic statement
If a declaration is contained in a statement that:
was received by the Official Receiver electronically; and
purported to be made by a particular person;
the declaration is presumed to have been made by the person, in the absence of evidence to the contrary.
Subsection (3) applies whether the statement was filed, accompanied a declaration or petition or was given to the Official Receiver, as described in subsection (1).
Subsection (3) does not affect by implication the operation of a law of the Commonwealth outside this section.
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