False Statements

 
 

Here is the provision about false statements:

  1. 50 False statements or representations

             (1)  A person commits an offence if:

                     (a)  the person makes, or causes or permits to be made, a representation or statement; and

                     (b)  the person does so knowing that the representation or statement is false or misleading in a material particular; and

                     (c)  the person does so for a purpose of or in relation to this Act.

Penalty: Imprisonment for 12 months.

             (2)  A person commits an offence if:

                     (a)  the person conceals, or causes or permits to be concealed, a material circumstance; and

                     (b)  the person does so for a purpose of or in relation to this Act.

Penalty: Imprisonment for 12 months.

Barbara Davidson