sec.67FDFalse or misleading information

### sec.67FD False or misleading information 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—300 penalty units or 5 years imprisonment. An offence against subsection (1) is a crime. 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 if the person has, or can reasonably obtain, the correct information—gives the correct information. It is enough for a complaint against a person for an offence against subsection (1) to state that the information was ‘false or misleading’, without specifying whether it was false or whether it was misleading. s 67FD (prev s 51) amd 2011 No. 10 s 16 reloc and renum 2023 No. 21 s 20 (sec.67FD-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—300 penalty units or 5 years imprisonment. (sec.67FD-ssec.2) An offence against subsection (1) is a crime. (sec.67FD-ssec.3) 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 if the person has, or can reasonably obtain, the correct information—gives the correct information. (sec.67FD-ssec.4) It is enough for a complaint against a person for an offence against subsection (1) to state that the information was ‘false or misleading’, without specifying whether it was false or whether it was misleading. - (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) if the person has, or can reasonably obtain, the correct information—gives the correct information.