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CIVIL LAW (WRONGS) ACT 2002 - SECT 177 Misrepresentation in trade or commerce an offence

CIVIL LAW (WRONGS) ACT 2002 - SECT 177

Misrepresentation in trade or commerce an offence

    (1)     A person must not make a misrepresentation, in the course of trade or commerce—

        (a)     to make or induce someone else to enter into a contract; or

        (b)     to make or induce someone else to pay an amount, or to transfer real or personal property, to the person or to someone else.

Maximum penalty: 200 penalty units

    (2)     It is a defence to a prosecution for an offence against this section that the person who made the representation believed on reasonable grounds that the representation was true.