False or misleading information

In force

(1)

This section applies to information provided by a person—

(a)

to the Secretary or the Attorney-General in relation to—

(i)

an application by the person to be appointed or re-appointed as a justice of the peace or bail justice; or

(ii)

the person's capacity as a justice of the peace or bail justice; or

(iii)

any change of circumstances required to be notified by section 22 or 41; or

(b)

to an investigator appointed under section 31(1) or 42(3) to investigate the conduct of the person.

(2)

The person must not provide information that is false or misleading—

(a)

knowing that the information is false or misleading; or

(b)

being reckless as to whether the information is false or misleading.

Penalty: Imprisonment for 6 months.

(3)

Despite section 7 of the Criminal Procedure Act 2009, a proceeding for an offence against subsection (2) may be commenced any time within 3 years after the commission of the alleged offence.

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