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Local Government Act 2020
220Offence to make false or misleading statements or produce false or misleading documents or other things
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220 Offence to make false or misleading statements or produce false or misleading documents or other things
(1) A person must not make a statement to a Commission of Inquiry that the person knows to be false or misleading in a material particular.
Penalty: 120 penalty units or imprisonment for 12 months.
(2) A person must not produce a document or other thing to a Commission of Inquiry that the person knows to be false or misleading in a material particular unless the person indicates to the Commission of Inquiry the respect in which it is false or misleading and, to the extent practicable, provides the correct information.
Penalty: 120 penalty units or imprisonment for 12 months.
S. 220A inserted by No. 23/2024 s. 26.