Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2016C00464:section:26
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2016C00464
Segment Type: section
Provision Reference: s 26
Character Range: 25787–26785

26  Provision of false or misleading documents
 (1) A person commits an offence if:
 (a) the person produces a document, or a copy of a document, under section 22; and
 (b) the document or copy is false or misleading in a material particular.
Penalty: Imprisonment for 12 months.
Note: Chapter 2 of the Criminal Code sets out the general principles of criminal responsibility.
 (2) Subsection (1) does not apply to a person who produces a document, or a copy of a document, that, to the knowledge of the person, is false or misleading in a material particular if the document or copy is accompanied by a written statement signed by the person or, in the case of a body corporate, by a competent officer of the body corporate:
 (a) stating that the document or copy is, to the knowledge of the person, false or misleading in a material particular; and
 (b) setting out, or referring to, the material particular in which the document or copy is, to the knowledge of the person, false or misleading.