sec.226False, misleading or incomplete documents

sec.226 False, misleading or incomplete documents

A person must not give to the registrar or a relevant person a document containing information the person knows is false, misleading or incomplete in a material particular. Maximum penalty—800 penalty units or imprisonment for 4 years. However, a person does not commit an offence against subsection (1) if the person, when giving the document— tells the registrar or the relevant person, to the best of the person’s ability, how it is false, misleading or incomplete; and if the person has, or can reasonably obtain, the correct information—gives the registrar or the relevant person the correct information. It is enough for a complaint for an offence against subsection (1) to state that the document was false, misleading or incomplete to the person’s knowledge. s 226 amd 1999 No. 27 s 76 sch 1 pt 2 (sec.226-ssec.1) A person must not give to the registrar or a relevant person a document containing information the person knows is false, misleading or incomplete in a material particular. Maximum penalty—800 penalty units or imprisonment for 4 years. (sec.226-ssec.2) However, a person does not commit an offence against subsection (1) if the person, when giving the document— tells the registrar or the relevant person, to the best of the person’s ability, how it is false, misleading or incomplete; and if the person has, or can reasonably obtain, the correct information—gives the registrar or the relevant person the correct information. (sec.226-ssec.3) It is enough for a complaint for an offence against subsection (1) to state that the document was false, misleading or incomplete to the person’s knowledge.

• (a) tells the registrar or the relevant person, to the best of the person’s ability, how it is false, misleading or incomplete; and
• (b) if the person has, or can reasonably obtain, the correct information—gives the registrar or the relevant person the correct information.