21False and misleading testimony

21 False and misleading testimony

21 False and misleading testimony

(1) Any witness before a commission who gives testimony that is false or misleading in a material particular knowing it to be false or misleading, or not believing it to be true, is guilty of an indictable offence.

Maximum penalty: Imprisonment for 5 years.

(2) Sections 331 and 332 of the Crimes Act 1900 apply to proceedings for an offence against this section in the same way as they apply to proceedings for an offence under section 330 of that Act.

s 21: Subst 2006 No 120, Sch 1.26.