False or misleading statement as to swearing etc. of affidavit
126B False or misleading statement as to swearing etc. of affidavit
S. 126B inserted by No. 4/2012 s. 4.
Subject to subsection (2), a person must not make a false or misleading statement as to—
the circumstances in which an affidavit or a document purporting to be an affidavit was sworn or affirmed; or
whether or not an affidavit or a document purporting to be an affidavit was sworn or affirmed—
knowing that the statement is false or misleading.
Penalty: 10 penalty units.
This section applies—
only in relation to a statement made on or after the commencement of section 4 of the Evidence (Miscellaneous Provisions) Amendment (Affidavits) Act 2012; and
whether the affidavit or the document purporting to be an affidavit was sworn or affirmed before, on or after that commencement.
Pt 5 (Heading and ss 127–129) amended by Nos 10074 s. 11(3)(b)(c), 51/1989 s. 144(2)(o)(p), 52/2001 s. 13(2)(c), 69/2009 s. 28, repealed by No. 6/2018 s. 55.
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