701False or misleading statements

701 False or misleading statements (1) A person commits an offence if the person makes a statement to an official that the person knows is false or misleading. (2) A person commits an offence if the person— (a) makes a statement to an official that is false or misleading; and

(b) is reckless as to whether the statement is false or misleading. (3) Subsections (1) and (2) apply even if the statement was not given in (4) In a proceeding for an offence against subsection (1) or (2), it is enough for a charge to state that the statement made was ‘false or misleading’, without specifying whether it was false or whether it was official includes— (a) TCA exercising a function under Chapter 7; and (b) a person exercising a function under this Law under the direction or authority of an official.