Offence to give misleading information or document
17 Offence to give misleading information or document
A person commits an offence if:
(a) the Director requests information from, or asks a question of, the person under section 14; and
(b) the person gives the Director information or an answer that is false or misleading in a material particular.
Maximum penalty: 400 penalty units or imprisonment for 2 years.
A person commits an offence if:
(a) the Director requests information from the person under section 14; and
(b) the person gives the Director a document containing information that is false or misleading in a material particular.
Maximum penalty: 400 penalty units or imprisonment for 2 years.
(3) Subsection (2) does not apply if the person, when giving the document to the Director:
(a) draws the misleading aspect of the document to the Director's attention; and
(b) to the extent to which the person can reasonably do so – gives the Director the information necessary to remedy the misleading aspect of the document.
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