False or misleading statements

Current

(1)

A person must not state anything to an authorised person that the person knows is false or misleading in a material particular.

Maximum penalty—40 penalty units.

(2)

In a proceeding for an offence against subsection (1), it is enough to state the statement made was ‘false or misleading’ to the person’s knowledge, without specifying which.

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