26Offences

26 Offences

(1) A person shall not: (a) make, whether orally or in writing, a false or misleading statement: (i) in connexion with, or in support of, an application for a grant under this Act; or (ii) with intent to deceive an officer exercising powers or performing duties or functions, in relation to this Act; (b) obtain payment of a grant under this Act that is not payable; (c) obtain payment of a grant under this Act by means of a false or misleading statement or by means of impersonation or a fraudulent device; or (d) make or present to an officer a statement or document that is false or misleading in a material particular.

Penalty: One hundred dollars or imprisonment for six months.

(2) Where a person is convicted of an offence against the last preceding subsection, the court may, in addition to imposing a penalty in respect of the offence, order him to pay to the Commonwealth an amount equal to the amount of any grant under this Act paid in consequence of the act, failure or omission in respect of which he was convicted. (3) Where a court has made an order under the last preceding subsection, a certificate under the hand of the appropriate officer of the court specifying the amount ordered to be paid and the person by whom the amount is payable may be filed in a court having civil jurisdiction to the extent of that amount and is thereupon enforceable in all respects as a final judgment of that court.