Expungement of Historical Offences Act 2017
26Offence to give false or misleading information
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26 Offence to give false or misleading information
A person must not, in answering a question, giving information or providing a document under this Act –
(a) make a statement knowing it to be false or misleading; or
(b) omit any matter from a statement knowing that without that matter the statement is false or misleading; or
(c) provide a document that the person knows to be false or misleading without informing the person to whom the document is provided of that knowledge.
Penalty: Fine not exceeding 30 penalty units.