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32 False or misleading information

(1) A person must not in purported compliance with this Part—

(a) give information or make a statement that the person knows to be false or misleading in a material particular; or

(b) produce a document that the person knows to be false or misleading in a material particular without indicating the respect in which it is false or misleading and, if practicable, providing correct information.

(2) It is a defence to a charge under subsection (1) if the person reasonably does not know that the information, statement or document is false or misleading.

S. 32A inserted by No. 23/2021 s. 27.

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