123Misleading information or document

123 Misleading information or document (1) A person must not give misleading information to a person acting in an official capacity. The person knows: (a) the information is misleading; and (b) the other person is acting in an official capacity. (2) A person must not give a document containing misleading information to a person acting in an official capacity. The person knows: (a) the document contains misleading information; and (b) the other person is acting in an official capacity. (3) Subsection (2) does not apply if the person, when giving the document: (a) draws the misleading aspect of the document to the other person's attention; and (b) to the extent to which the defendant can reasonably do so – gives the other person the information necessary to correct the document. misleading information means information that is misleading in a material particular because it: (a) does not include relevant information; or (b) includes misinformation.

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