False or misleading evidence
34 False or misleading evidence
A person commits an offence if:
the person is appearing before the Board as a witness; and
the person makes a statement to the Board; and
(c) the statement made to the Board is false or misleading in a material particular and the person has knowledge of that circumstance.
Maximum penalty: 50 penalty units.
A person commits an offence if:
the person is appearing before the Board as a witness; and
the person gives a document to the Board; and
(c) the document given to the Board contains information that is false or misleading in a material particular and the person has knowledge of that circumstance.
Maximum penalty: 50 penalty units.
(3) Strict liability applies to subsections (1)(a) and (b) and (2)(a) and (b).
(4) A person does not commit an offence against subsection (2) if, when giving the document to the Board, the person identifies how the information contained in the document is false or misleading.
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