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s 38

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38 Offences

(1)

A person who —

(a)

for the purposes of any application under this Act, knowingly provides information that is false or misleading in any material particular; or

(b)

omits to notify an administrative authority of a change of circumstances, as required by section 35; or

(c)

for the purpose of trying to obtain a benefit under this Act, purports —

(i)

to retain an entitlement, knowing that the entitlement as registered had ceased to exist; or

(ii)

to be an eligible person, knowing that the eligibility had ceased,

commits an offence.

Penalty: $1 000.

(2)

A prosecution for an offence under subsection (1) must be commenced within 5 years after the date on which the offence was allegedly committed.

[Section 38 amended: No. 22 of 1998 s. 24; No. 84 of 2004 s. 80.]

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