sec.127False or misleading document

sec.127 False or misleading document

A person must not give to an authorised officer a document containing information the person knows is false or misleading in a material particular. Maximum penalty—100 penalty units. Subsection (1) does not apply to a person who, when giving the document— informs the authorised officer, to the best of the person’s ability, how it is false or misleading; and gives the correct information to the authorised officer if the person has, or can reasonably obtain, the correct information. It is enough for a complaint for an offence against subsection (1) to state the document made was ‘false or misleading’ to the person’s knowledge, without specifying which. (sec.127-ssec.1) A person must not give to an authorised officer a document containing information the person knows is false or misleading in a material particular. Maximum penalty—100 penalty units. (sec.127-ssec.2) Subsection (1) does not apply to a person who, when giving the document— informs the authorised officer, to the best of the person’s ability, how it is false or misleading; and gives the correct information to the authorised officer if the person has, or can reasonably obtain, the correct information. (sec.127-ssec.3) It is enough for a complaint for an offence against subsection (1) to state the document made was ‘false or misleading’ to the person’s knowledge, without specifying which.

• (a) informs the authorised officer, to the best of the person’s ability, how it is false or misleading; and
• (b) gives the correct information to the authorised officer if the person has, or can reasonably obtain, the correct information.