sec.140False, misleading or incomplete documents

### sec.140 False, misleading or incomplete documents A person must not give an authorised person a document containing information the person knows is false, misleading or incomplete in a material particular. Maximum penalty—50 penalty units. Subsection (1) does not apply to a person if the person, when giving the document— tells the authorised person, to the best of the person’s ability, how it is false, misleading or incomplete; 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 document was false, misleading or incomplete to the person’s knowledge. (sec.140-ssec.1) A person must not give an authorised person a document containing information the person knows is false, misleading or incomplete in a material particular. Maximum penalty—50 penalty units. (sec.140-ssec.2) Subsection (1) does not apply to a person if the person, when giving the document— tells the authorised person, to the best of the person’s ability, how it is false, misleading or incomplete; and if the person has, or can reasonably obtain, the correct information—gives the correct information. (sec.140-ssec.3) It is enough for a complaint against a person for an offence against subsection (1) to state that the document was false, misleading or incomplete to the person’s knowledge. - (a) tells the authorised person, to the best of the person’s ability, how it is false, misleading or incomplete; and - (b) if the person has, or can reasonably obtain, the correct information—gives the correct information.