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#### 288D False and misleading information
288D False and misleading information
> > (1) A person who, in connection with any requirement made under a power conferred by this Act or the regulations, makes any statement, provides any information or produces any document that the person knows is false or misleading in a material particular is guilty of an offence.
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> > Maximum penalty—200 penalty units or imprisonment for 3 months, or both.
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> > (2) A person is not guilty of an offence against this section in respect of a document if, at the time the document is produced, the person informs the person to whom the document is produced that it is false or misleading in a material particular.
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> **s 288D:** Ins 2015 No 59, Sch 1 \[143\].