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### sec.825 False or misleading statements
A person must not state anything to the chief executive or an authorised officer that the person knows is false or misleading in a material particular.
Maximum penalty—500 penalty units.
In a proceeding for an offence against subsection (1) , it is enough to state that the statement made was, without specifying which, ‘false or misleading’.
s 825 amd 2005 No. 19 s 144
(sec.825-ssec.1) A person must not state anything to the chief executive or an authorised officer that the person knows is false or misleading in a material particular. Maximum penalty—500 penalty units.
(sec.825-ssec.2) In a proceeding for an offence against subsection (1) , it is enough to state that the statement made was, without specifying which, ‘false or misleading’.