sec.219Tampering with odometers

### sec.219 Tampering with odometers A person must not tamper with or replace a motor vehicle’s odometer with intent to falsely represent that, at a particular time, the vehicle— has travelled a distance less than a specified distance; or has travelled a distance more than a specified distance. Maximum penalty—200 penalty units or 2 years imprisonment. If a court finds a person guilty of an offence against subsection (1) , the court may, on its own initiative or on the application of the prosecution or a person who has suffered loss, order the person who committed the offence to compensate the person who suffered loss for loss resulting from the commission of the offence. In any proceeding, the distance shown at any time on the odometer tampered with or replaced is evidence of a false representation by the person who tampered with or replaced the odometer that the vehicle— has travelled a distance less than a specified distance shown on the odometer; or has travelled a distance more than a specified distance shown on the odometer. Subsection (2) does not limit a court’s powers under the Penalties and Sentences Act 1992 or any other law. (sec.219-ssec.1) A person must not tamper with or replace a motor vehicle’s odometer with intent to falsely represent that, at a particular time, the vehicle— has travelled a distance less than a specified distance; or has travelled a distance more than a specified distance. Maximum penalty—200 penalty units or 2 years imprisonment. (sec.219-ssec.2) If a court finds a person guilty of an offence against subsection (1) , the court may, on its own initiative or on the application of the prosecution or a person who has suffered loss, order the person who committed the offence to compensate the person who suffered loss for loss resulting from the commission of the offence. (sec.219-ssec.3) In any proceeding, the distance shown at any time on the odometer tampered with or replaced is evidence of a false representation by the person who tampered with or replaced the odometer that the vehicle— has travelled a distance less than a specified distance shown on the odometer; or has travelled a distance more than a specified distance shown on the odometer. (sec.219-ssec.4) Subsection (2) does not limit a court’s powers under the Penalties and Sentences Act 1992 or any other law. - (a) has travelled a distance less than a specified distance; or - (b) has travelled a distance more than a specified distance. - (a) has travelled a distance less than a specified distance shown on the odometer; or - (b) has travelled a distance more than a specified distance shown on the odometer.