s 42
In forceGiving official false or misleading information
Part 6Miscellaneous
Division 1Offences
42 Giving official false or misleading information
(1)
A person must not, in relation to the administration of this Act, give an official information that the person knows is false or misleading in a material particular.Maximum penalty—100 penalty units.
(2)
Subsection (1) applies to information whether or not the information was given in response to a specific power under this Act.
(3)
Subsection (1) does not apply to a person if the person, when giving information in a document—
(a)
tells the official, to the best of the person’s ability, how the document is false or misleading; and
(b)
if the person has, or can reasonably obtain, the correct information—gives the correct information.
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