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Births, Deaths and Marriages Registration Act 2023
sec.125False or misleading representation
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### sec.125 False or misleading representation
A person must not give information to a person under this Act that the person knows is false or misleading in a material particular.
Maximum penalty—80 penalty units.
Subsection (1) does not apply to information given in a document, if the person when giving the document—
informs the person being given the document, to the best of the person’s ability, how the information is false or misleading; and
has, or can reasonably obtain, the correct information—gives the correct information.
(sec.125-ssec.1) A person must not give information to a person under this Act that the person knows is false or misleading in a material particular. Maximum penalty—80 penalty units.
(sec.125-ssec.2) Subsection (1) does not apply to information given in a document, if the person when giving the document— informs the person being given the document, to the best of the person’s ability, how the information is false or misleading; and has, or can reasonably obtain, the correct information—gives the correct information.
- (a) informs the person being given the document, to the best of the person’s ability, how the information is false or misleading; and
- (b) has, or can reasonably obtain, the correct information—gives the correct information.