Sch 1 (The Criminal Code), s 194
In forceFalse declarations
Schedule 1The Criminal Code
Part 3Offences against the administration of law and justice, against office and against public authority
194 False declarations
(1)
A person who makes a declaration that the person knows is false in a material particular, whether or not the person is permitted or required by law to make the declaration, before a person authorised by law to take or receive declarations, commits a misdemeanour.Maximum penalty—3 years imprisonment.
(2)
In this section—declaration includes a statement and an affidavit. sch 1 pt 3 ch 20 s 194 amd 1988 No. 88 s 5 sch 2
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