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Australian Securities and Investments Commission Act 1989
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#### 64 False information
(1) A person shall not:
(a) in purported compliance with a requirement made under this Part; or
(b) in the course of an examination of the person;
give information, or make a statement, that is false or misleading in a material particular.
Penalty: 100 penalty units or imprisonment for 2 years, or both.
(2) A person shall not, at a hearing, give evidence that is false or misleading in a material particular.
Penalty: 10 penalty units or imprisonment for 3 months, or both.
(3) It is a defence to a prosecution for a contravention of subsection (1) or (2) if it is proved that the defendant, when giving the information or evidence or making the statement, believed on reasonable grounds that it was true and not misleading.