27ZFalse or misleading information in applications or reports to eligible Judge

27Z False or misleading information in applications or reports to eligible Judge

27Z False or misleading information in applications or reports to eligible Judge

(1) A person must not, in or in connection with an application for a covert search warrant, a report or an occupier’s notice, give information to an eligible Judge that the person knows to be false or misleading in a material particular.

Maximum penalty—100 penalty units or imprisonment for 2 years, or both.

(2) This section applies to an application for a telephone warrant as well as an application for a covert search warrant made in person.

(3) This section applies whether or not the information given is also verified on oath or affirmation or by affidavit.

ss 27X–27Z: Ins 2005 No 54, Sch 1 [1].