Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2024C00576:section:22
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2024C00576
Segment Type: section
Provision Reference: s 22
Character Range: 37071–37774

22  Consequences for providing false or misleading information or documents
 (1) A person commits an offence if:
 (a) the person gives information or produces a document to a person or body; and
 (b) the person does so in response to a condition imposed on a return permit given to the person; and
 (c) the person does so knowing that the information or document is false or misleading.
Penalty: Imprisonment for 2 years.
 (2) Subsection (1) does not apply if the information or document is not false or misleading in a material particular.
Note: A defendant bears an evidential burden in relation to the matter in this subsection (see subsection 13.3(3) of the Criminal Code).

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