Certification
153 Certification
If under this Act a person is required or permitted to certify a document—
the person must certify that the information contained in the document is true and correct to the best of the person's knowledge; and
S. 153(1)(b) amended by No. 33/2018 s. 28(1).
the document must include a statement that the person understands that making the certification knowing the document to be false in any particular constitutes an offence punishable by 600 penalty units or 5 years imprisonment or both.
S. 153(2) amended by No. 33/2018 s. 28(2).
A person must not certify a document under this Act if the person knows it to be false in any particular.
Penalty: 600 penalty units or 5 years imprisonment or both.
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