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PROCEEDS OF CRIME ACT 2002 - SECT 266 Offence for making false statements in applications

PROCEEDS OF CRIME ACT 2002 - SECT 266

Offence for making false statements in applications

    A person commits an offence if:

  (a)   the person makes a statement (whether orally, in a document or in any other way); and

  (b)   the statement:

  (i)   is false or misleading; or

  (ii)   omits any matter or thing without which the statement is misleading; and

  (c)   the statement is made in, or in connection with, an application for a * search warrant.

Penalty:   Imprisonment for 2 years or 120 penalty units, or both.