Commonwealth Numbered Acts

AUSTRALIAN SECURITIES COMMISSION ACT 1989 No. 90 of 1989 - SECT 199

199. (1) A person shall not, at a hearing, give evidence that is false or
misleading in a material particular.
Penalty: $1,000 or imprisonment for 3 months, or both.

(2) It is a defence to a prosecution for a contravention of subsection (1) if
it is proved that the defendant, when giving the evidence, believed on
reasonable grounds that it was true and not misleading.