Consent invalidated by duress or false or misleading statements
195AWB Consent invalidated by duress or false or misleading statements
If a person applies duress to an author, or to a person representing an author, in connection with the giving of a consent for the purposes of section 195AW or 195AWA, the consent does not have any effect.
If:
a person makes a statement to another person; and
the person makes the statement knowing:
that the statement is false or misleading in a material particular; or
that a matter or thing has been omitted from the statement without which the statement is false or misleading in a material particular; and
the person makes the statement with the intention of persuading the other person to give, or not to give, a consent for the purposes of section 195AW or 195AWA;
the consent does not have any effect.
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