24False or misleading evidence or information

##### 24 False or misleading evidence or information (1) A person shall not: (a) give to the Authority information, whether orally or in writing, or documents, that the person knows to be false or misleading in a material particular; or (b) at an inquiry, give evidence, or produce a document, that the person knows to be false or misleading in a material particular. Penalty: (a) in the case of a natural person—$2,000; or (b) in the case of a body corporate—$10,000. (2) Subsection (1) does not apply to a document if, at the time when the person gives it to the Authority, produces it at an inquiry or sends it to the Authority, the person informs the Authority that it is false or misleading in a material particular and specifies in what respect it is, to the person’s knowledge, false or misleading in a material particular.