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Criminal Code Act 1983
236BFalse accounting
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236B False accounting
(a) the person damages, destroys or conceals an accounting
document; and
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(i) makes, or concurs in making, an entry that is false or
misleading in a material particular in an accounting
document; or
(ii) omits, or concurs in omitting, a material particular from
an accounting document; and
Note for subsection (3)(c)
(4) Subsection (3)(b) is the fault element for the conduct in
subsection (3)(a).
(5) A person commits an offence if:
(a) the person produces to another person, or makes use of, an
accounting document; and
(c) the document is false or misleading in a material particular
and the person is reckless in relation to that circumstance; and
Note for subsection (5)(d)
(6) Subsection (5)(b) is the fault element for the conduct in
subsection (5)(a).
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accounting document means any account, record or document
made or required for any accounting purpose or any similar
purpose or for any financial transaction.