Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2004A00761:clause:2_268bj
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2004A00761
Segment Type: clause
Provision Reference: sch 2 cl 268BJ
Character Range: 18341–19225

268BJ  Offence: giving false or misleading document

 (1) A person who gives or shows an authorised officer a document that is false or misleading in a material particular, in the course of complying or purporting to comply with a production or attendance notice, is guilty of an offence.

Maximum penalty: Imprisonment for 12 months.

Note: Chapter 2 of the Criminal Code sets out the general principles of criminal responsibility.

 (2) However, the person is not guilty of the offence if the document is accompanied by a written statement signed by the person:
 (a) stating that the document is, to the person's knowledge, false or misleading in the material particular concerned; and
 (b) setting out or referring to the material particular.

Note: A defendant bears an evidential burden in relation to the matter in subsection (2): see subsection 13.3(3) of the Criminal Code.