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789GXC False statutory declaration
(1) A person must not make a false statement in a statutory declaration covered by subsection 789GCD(3) if the person knows that the statement is false.
Note: This subsection is a civil remedy provision (see Part 4‑1).
(2) The following laws:
(a) a law of the Commonwealth, other than:
(i) subsection (1) of this section; or
(ii) the remaining provisions of this Act so far as they relate to subsection (1) of this section;
(b) a law of a State or Territory;
do not apply to making a false statement in a statutory declaration covered by subsection 789GCD(3).