sec.702False or misleading documents

### sec.702 False or misleading documents A person commits an offence if the person gives an official a document containing information the person knows is false or misleading. Maximum penalty—$10000. Subsection (1) does not apply if the person, when giving the document— tells the official how information contained in the document is false or misleading; and if the person has the correct information—gives the correct information. A person commits an offence if the person— gives an official a document containing information that is false or misleading; and is reckless as to whether information contained in the document is false or misleading. Maximum penalty—$8000. Subsections (1) and (3) apply even if the document was not given in response to, or in purported compliance with, a direction or requirement under this Law. In a proceeding for an offence against subsection (1) or (3) , it is enough for a charge to state that the information was ‘false or misleading’, without specifying whether it was false or whether it was misleading. In this section— official includes— TCA exercising a function under Chapter 7 ; and a person exercising a function under this Law under the direction or authority of an official. sch s 702 ins 2013 No. 4 s 12 amd 2016 No. 65 s 107 amd 2025 No. 26 s 143 (uncommenced amendment) (sec.702-ssec.1) A person commits an offence if the person gives an official a document containing information the person knows is false or misleading. Maximum penalty—$10000. (sec.702-ssec.2) Subsection (1) does not apply if the person, when giving the document— tells the official how information contained in the document is false or misleading; and if the person has the correct information—gives the correct information. (sec.702-ssec.3) A person commits an offence if the person— gives an official a document containing information that is false or misleading; and is reckless as to whether information contained in the document is false or misleading. Maximum penalty—$8000. (sec.702-ssec.4) Subsections (1) and (3) apply even if the document was not given in response to, or in purported compliance with, a direction or requirement under this Law. (sec.702-ssec.5) In a proceeding for an offence against subsection (1) or (3) , it is enough for a charge to state that the information was ‘false or misleading’, without specifying whether it was false or whether it was misleading. (sec.702-ssec.6) In this section— official includes— TCA exercising a function under Chapter 7 ; and a person exercising a function under this Law under the direction or authority of an official. - (a) tells the official how information contained in the document is false or misleading; and - (b) if the person has the correct information—gives the correct information. - (a) gives an official a document containing information that is false or misleading; and - (b) is reckless as to whether information contained in the document is false or misleading. - (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.