SHIPPING REGISTRATION ACT 1981 - SECT 73 False statements etc.

SHIPPING REGISTRATION ACT 1981 - SECT 73

  (1)   A person who, by means of a statement that he or she knows to be false or misleading or by means of a document that to his or her knowledge contains information that is false or misleading, causes an officer to do, or refrain from doing, any act or thing in the exercise of powers, or the performance of duties or functions, under this Act commits an offence.

  (2)   A person shall not:

  (a)   make to an officer a statement, whether orally or in writing; or

  (b)   present to an officer a statement in writing;

knowing it to be false or misleading in a material particular.

Penalty:

  (a)   if the offender is a natural person-- imprisonment for 6 months or 10 penalty units , or both; or

  (b)   if the offender is a body corporate-- 20 penalty units .

  (3)   For the purposes of the application of this section in relation to a corporation, but without prejudice to the liability of any person other than the corporation:

  (a)   a statement made, or presented or otherwise used, by a person acting on behalf of the corporation shall be deemed to have been made, presented or otherwise used by the corporation; and

  (b)   the knowledge of any person employed by, or concerned in the management of, the corporation shall be deemed to be knowledge of the corporation.