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In forceFalse or misleading statement
Part 4Powers and procedures for investigations
Division 4Offences
41 False or misleading statement
(1)
A person must not state anything to the ombudsman or an officer of the ombudsman the person knows is false or misleading in a material particular.Maximum penalty—100 penalty units.
(2)
It is enough for a complaint against a person for an offence against subsection (1) to state the statement made was, without specifying which, ‘false or misleading’.
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