Wine Industry Act 1994
sec.42False or misleading statements
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sec.42 False or misleading statements
A person must not— state anything for this Act that the person knows is false or misleading in a material particular; or omit from a statement made for this Act anything without which the statement is, to the person’s knowledge, misleading in a material particular. Maximum penalty—100 penalty units or imprisonment for 6 months. It is enough for a complaint against a person for an offence against subsection (1) (a) or (b) to state that the statement made was false or misleading to the person’s knowledge. (sec.42-ssec.1) A person must not— state anything for this Act that the person knows is false or misleading in a material particular; or omit from a statement made for this Act anything without which the statement is, to the person’s knowledge, misleading in a material particular. Maximum penalty—100 penalty units or imprisonment for 6 months. (sec.42-ssec.2) It is enough for a complaint against a person for an offence against subsection (1) (a) or (b) to state that the statement made was false or misleading to the person’s knowledge.
- (a) state anything for this Act that the person knows is false or misleading in a material particular; or
- (b) omit from a statement made for this Act anything without which the statement is, to the person’s knowledge, misleading in a material particular.