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Legal Aid Commission Act 1979

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32 False application

A person shall not make an application knowing that it is false in any material particular.

Maximum penalty—50 penalty units or imprisonment for 6 months.

s 32: Am 1993 No 47, Sch 1; 1996 No 94, Sch 5.3 [1].

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