119False or misleading statements

119 False or misleading statements

(1) A person who: (a) makes a statement to an officer that is false or misleading in a material particular; or (b) omits from a statement made to an officer any matter or thing without which the statement is misleading in a material particular; commits an offence punishable on conviction by a fine not exceeding 20 penalty units. (2) In a prosecution of a person for an offence against subsection (1), it is a defence if the person proves that the person: (a) did not know; and (b) could not reasonably be expected to have known; that the statement to which the prosecution relates was false or misleading. (3) A reference in subsection (1) to a statement made to an officer is a reference to a statement made to a person exercising powers under or in relation to this Act, whether the statement is made orally, in a document or in any other form and, without limiting the generality of the foregoing, includes a statement: (a) made in an application, form, notification, objection or other document made, given, lodged or furnished, or purporting to be made, given, lodged or furnished, under this Act; (b) made in answer to a question asked of the person under this Act; or (c) made in any information furnished, or purporting to be furnished, under this Act.