Offences
38 Offences
A person who —
for the purposes of any application under this Act, knowingly provides information that is false or misleading in any material particular; or
omits to notify an administrative authority of a change of circumstances, as required by section 35; or
for the purpose of trying to obtain a benefit under this Act, purports —
to retain an entitlement, knowing that the entitlement as registered had ceased to exist; or
to be an eligible person, knowing that the eligibility had ceased,
commits an offence.
Penalty: $1 000.
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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