Law Enforcement (Powers and Responsibilities) Act 2002
63False or misleading information in applications
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63 False or misleading information in applications
63 False or misleading information in applications
(cf Search Warrants Act 1985, s 12B)
(1) A person must not, in or in connection with an application for a warrant, give information to an eligible issuing officer that the person knows to be false or misleading in a material particular.
Maximum penalty—100 penalty units or imprisonment for 2 years, or both.
(1A) A person must not, in or in connection with a report or an occupier’s notice given in relation to a search warrant, give information to an eligible issuing officer that the person knows to be false or misleading in a material particular.
Maximum penalty—100 penalty units or imprisonment for 2 years, or both.
(2) This section applies to an application by telephone as well as in person.
(3) This section applies whether or not the information given is also verified on oath or affirmation or by affidavit.
s 63: Am 2009 No 8, Sch 1 [15] [16].