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304 False and misleading statements
A person, in providing any information, statement, report or document under this Act, must not –
(a) provide it knowing it to be false or misleading; or
(b) omit any matter knowing that without that matter the information, statement, report or document is false or misleading.
Penalty: In the case of –
(a) a natural person, a fine not exceeding 100 penalty units; or
(b) a body corporate, a fine not exceeding 500 penalty units.