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National Consumer Credit Protection Act 2009
160DProhibition on giving misleading information etc.
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160D Prohibition on giving misleading information etc.
Prohibition on giving misleading information etc.
(1) A person (the giver) must not, in the course of engaging in a credit activity, give information or a document to another person if the giver knows, or is reckless as to whether, the information or document is:
(a) false in a material particular; or
(b) materially misleading.
(a) the person gives information or a document to another person; and
(b) the person does so in the course of engaging in a credit activity; and
(c) the information or document is false in a material particular or materially misleading.
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