Forensic Disability Act 2011
sec.120False or misleading documents
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sec.120 False or misleading documents
A person must not state anything in a document required or permitted to be made under this Act the person knows is false or misleading in a material particular. Maximum penalty—40 penalty units. It is enough for a complaint against a person for an offence against subsection (1) to state the statement made was, without specifying which, ‘false or misleading’. (sec.120-ssec.1) A person must not state anything in a document required or permitted to be made under this Act the person knows is false or misleading in a material particular. Maximum penalty—40 penalty units. (sec.120-ssec.2) It is enough for a complaint against a person for an offence against subsection (1) to state the statement made was, without specifying which, ‘false or misleading’.