Independent Commissioner Against Corruption Act 2017
154Misleading information
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154 Misleading information (a) the person intentionally gives information to another person; and (b) the information is misleading and the person has knowledge of that circumstance; and (c) the other person is acting in an official capacity and the person has knowledge of that circumstance.
Independent Commissioner Against Corruption Act 2017 118 (2) A person commits an offence if: (a) the person intentionally gives a document to another person; and (b) the document contains misleading information and the person has knowledge of that circumstance; and (c) the other person is acting in an official capacity and the person has knowledge of that circumstance. (3) Subsection (2) does not apply if the person, when giving the document: (a) draws the misleading aspect of the document to the other person's attention; and (b) to the extent to which the person can reasonably do so – gives the other person the information necessary to remedy the misleading aspect of the document.