149ABMaking false statements to CSC

#### 149AB Making false statements to CSC (1) If a person is convicted of an offence against section 135.2, 136.1, 137.1 or 137.2 of the Criminal Code that relates to this Act, the court may, in addition to imposing a penalty in respect of the offence, order the person to pay to CSC an amount equal to any amount of benefit paid to the person as a result of the act, failure or omission in respect of which the person was convicted. (2) For the purposes of subsection (1), a certificate by CSC stating that an amount specified in the certificate is the amount of benefit that has been paid to a person specified in the certificate in consequence of an act, failure or omission specified in the certificate is prima facie evidence of the matters specified in the certificate. (3) In any proceeding, a document purporting to be a certificate under subsection (2) is taken, unless the contrary is proved, to be such a certificate and to have been duly given. (4) In this section: > benefit includes pension or other money payable.