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76AG False or misleading information in applications
76AG False or misleading information in applications
(1) A person must not, in or in connection with an application for a digital evidence access order, 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 whether or not the information given is also verified on oath or affirmation or by affidavit.
s 76AG: Ins 2022 No 47, Sch 1[5].