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153Offence to give false or misleading information
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153 Offence to give false or misleading information
(1) A person must not give information in complying or purportedly complying with this Act or the regulations that the person knows to be false or misleading in a material particular.
(2) A person must not produce a document in complying or purportedly complying with this Act or the regulations that the person knows to be false or misleading in a material particular without—
(a) indicating the respect in which it is false or misleading; and
(b) if practicable, providing correct information.
S. 153(3) inserted by No. 48/2017 s. 25.
(3) An offence against subsection (1) or (2) is an indictable offence.