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Criminal Code Act 1983
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119 False declarations and statements
Any person who, on any occasion on which he or she is permitted
or required by law:
(a) to make a statutory declaration or an unattested declaration as
provided for in the Oaths, Affidavits and Declarations
Act 2010; or
(b) to make a statement or declaration of any other kind before
any person authorised by law to permit it to be made before
him or her;
makes such a declaration or statement that, in any material
particular, is to his or her knowledge false, is guilty of an offence
and is liable to imprisonment for 3 years.