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In forceFalse or misleading statements
Part 3Obligatory provisions and offences
42 False or misleading statements
(1)
A person must not—
(a)
state anything for this Act that the person knows is false or misleading in a material particular; or
(b)
omit from a statement made for this Act anything without which the statement is, to the person’s knowledge, misleading in a material particular.
Maximum penalty—100 penalty units or imprisonment for 6 months.
(2)
It is enough for a complaint against a person for an offence against subsection (1)(a) or (b) to state that the statement made was false or misleading to the person’s knowledge.
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