MUTUAL ASSISTANCE IN CRIMINAL MATTERS ACT 1987 - SECT 38Y Offence for making false statements in warrants
MUTUAL ASSISTANCE IN CRIMINAL MATTERS ACT 1987 - SECT 38Y
Offence for making false statements in warrantsA person must not make, in an application for a warrant, a statement that the person knows to be false or misleading in a material particular.
Penalty: Imprisonment for 2 years.
Note: Under subsection 4D(1) of the Crimes Act 1914 , this
penalty is the maximum penalty for the offence. Subsection 4B(2) of
that Act allows a court to impose an appropriate fine instead of, or in
addition to, a term of imprisonment.