44False statements

44 False statements (1) A person who in or in connexion with an application for legal assistance or the provision of legal assistance under this Act— (a) knowingly makes a false statement; or (b) supplies information that person knows to be false; or (c) fails to disclose information which that person knows to be relevant to the application or to the provision of legal assistance— is guilty of an offence. 1. 25 penalty units or imprisonment for six months. (2) Despite anything to the contrary in any Act, proceedings for any offence against this section may be brought within the period of three years after the commission of the alleged offence, or with the consent of the Director of Public Prosecutions, at any later time.