sec.231False or misleading statements

### sec.231 False or misleading statements A person must not— state anything for this Act that the person knows is false or misleading in a material particular; or omit from a statement made for this Act anything without which the statement is, to the person’s knowledge, misleading in a material particular. Maximum penalty—100 penalty units or 6 months imprisonment. It is enough for a complaint against a person for an offence against subsection (1) (a) or (b) to state that the statement made was false or misleading to the person’s knowledge. s 231 sub 1994 No. 59 s 77 amd 2004 No. 53 s 2 sch (sec.231-ssec.1) A person must not— state anything for this Act that the person knows is false or misleading in a material particular; or omit from a statement made for this Act anything without which the statement is, to the person’s knowledge, misleading in a material particular. Maximum penalty—100 penalty units or 6 months imprisonment. (sec.231-ssec.2) It is enough for a complaint against a person for an offence against subsection (1) (a) or (b) to state that the statement made was false or misleading to the person’s knowledge. - (a) state anything for this Act that the person knows is false or misleading in a material particular; or - (b) omit from a statement made for this Act anything without which the statement is, to the person’s knowledge, misleading in a material particular.