Confiscation of Proceeds of Crime Act 1989
42GFalse or misleading information in applications
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42G False or misleading information in applications
42G False or misleading information in applications
(1) A person must not, in or in connection with an application for a freezing notice, give information to an authorised justice that the person knows to be false or misleading in a material particular.
Maximum penalty—100 penalty units, or imprisonment for 2 years, or both.
(2) This section applies to an application by telephone as well as in person.
(3) This section applies whether or not the information given is also verified on oath or affirmation or by affidavit.
ss 42D–42K: Ins 2005 No 73, Sch 1 [34].