False or misleading statements
55 False or misleading statements
A person who knowingly makes a false or misleading statement in, or in relation to, an advance care directive is guilty of an offence.
Maximum penalty:
if the defendant is a substitute decision‑maker appointed under the advance care directive—$20 000 or imprisonment for
2 years;
in any other case—$10 000.
A person who knowingly makes a false or misleading statement in relation to an attempt to give an advance care directive is guilty of an offence.
Maximum penalty: $10 000.
For the purposes of subsection (1), a reference to a substitute decision‑maker includes a reference to a person who is not but who was, at the relevant time, a substitute decision‑maker appointed under the advance care directive.
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