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Confiscation of Criminal Assets Act 2003
197Offence for making false etc statements in search warrant
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197 Offence for making false etc statements in search warrant
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A police officer commits an offence if—
(a) the police officer makes a statement (whether orally, in a
document or in any other way); and
(b) the police officer does so knowing that the statement—
(ii) omits something that makes the statement false or
(c) the statement is made to an issuing officer in relation to an
application for a search warrant.