Correctional Services Act 2014
188Misleading information
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188 Misleading information (a) the person gives information to another person; and (c) the person knows the information is misleading; and (d) the person knows the officer is acting in an official capacity. (2) A person commits an offence if: (a) the person gives a document to another person; and (c) the person knows the document contains misleading information; and (d) the person knows the officer is acting in an official capacity. (3) Strict liability applies to subsections (1)(b) and (2)(b).
Correctional Services Act 2014 90 (4) Subsection (2) does not apply if the person, when giving the document: (a) draws the misleading aspect of the document to the correctional services officer's attention; and (b) to the extent that the person can reasonably do so – gives the officer the information necessary to remedy the misleading aspect of the document. (5) In this section: misleading information means information that is misleading in a material particular or because of the omission of a material particular.