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Confiscation of Criminal Assets Act 2003
188Information orders—false or misleading information
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188 Information orders—false or misleading information
(a) the person gives information to a police officer; and
(b) the person does so knowing that the information—
(ii) omits something that makes the information false or
(c) the information is given in compliance (or purported
compliance) with an information order.
(2) Subsection (1) (c) does not apply if, before the information was given
by the person to the police officer, a police officer did not take
reasonable steps to tell the person of the existence of the offence
against subsection (1).
(3) For subsection (2), it is sufficient if the following form of words is
used:
‘Giving false or misleading information is an offence with serious
consequences’.