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Quarantine Act 1908
83Master, medical officer or agent misleading quarantine officer
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#### 83 Master, medical officer or agent misleading quarantine officer
The master, a medical officer or an agent of:
(a) a vessel; or
(b) an Australian installation; or
(c) a resources installation that is in Australian waters for the purpose of becoming attached to the Australian seabed; or
(d) a sea installation that is in Australian waters for the purpose of becoming installed in an adjacent area or in a coastal sea;
is guilty of an offence if the master, medical officer or agent, as the case may be:
(e) makes, in an answer to a question asked of him or her by a quarantine officer under this Act, a statement that he or she knows to be false or misleading in a material particular; or
(f) misleads a quarantine officer who is performing duty as such an officer.
Maximum penalty: Imprisonment for 5 years.