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s 40AK

Making false statements in applications

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Division 6Identification, tracing, and freezing or seizure, of proceeds of Tribunal offences
Subdivision DNotices to financial institutions

40AK Making false statements in applications

A person commits an offence if:

(a)

the person makes a statement (whether orally, in a document or in any other way); and

(b)

the statement:

(i)

is false or misleading; or

(ii)

omits any matter or thing without which the statement is misleading; and

(c)

the statement is made in, or in connection with, a notice under section 40AH.

Penalty: Imprisonment for 12 months or 60 penalty units, or both.

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