Misleading information
36 Misleading information
A person commits an offence if:
the person intentionally gives information to the Commission; and
(b) the information is misleading and the person has knowledge of that circumstance.
Maximum penalty: 400 penalty units or imprisonment for 2 years.
A person commits an offence if:
(a) the person intentionally gives a document or other evidentiary material to the Commission; and
(b) the document or material contains misleading information and the person has knowledge of that circumstance.
Maximum penalty: 400 penalty units or imprisonment for 2 years.
(3) Subsection (2) does not apply if the person, when giving the document or evidential material:
(a) draws the misleading aspect of the document or material to the Commission's attention; and
(b) to the extent to which the person can reasonably do so – gives the Commission the information necessary to remedy the misleading aspect of the document or material.
In this section:
misleading information means information that is misleading in a material particular or because of the omission of a material particular.
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