Commonwealth Numbered Acts

BOUNTY (COMMERCIAL MOTOR VEHICLES) ACT 1978 No. 208 of 1978 - SECT 19

19. (1) A person shall not, without reasonable excuse, refuse or fail-

   (a)  to attend before the Comptroller-General, a Collector or an authorized
        person;

   (b)  to be sworn or make an affirmation; or

   (c)  to answer a question or produce an account, book, document or other
        record, when so required in pursuance of this Act.

Penalty: $1,000.

(2) A person shall not-

   (a)  knowingly obtain, or attempt to obtain, bounty that is not payable;

   (b)  obtain, or attempt to obtain, payment of bounty by means of a
        statement that he knows to be false or misleading or by means of a
        document which to his knowledge contains information that is false or
        misleading; or

   (c)  make to an officer or other person doing duty in relation to this Act
        or the regulations, including the Comptroller-General, a Collector or
        an authorized person when exercising his powers under section 17, a
        statement that is false or misleading in a material particular.

Penalty: $1,000 or imprisonment for 6 months.

(3) Where a person is convicted of an offence against sub-section (2), the
court may, in addition to imposing a penalty under that sub-section, order the
person to refund to the Commonwealth the amount of any bounty wrongfully
obtained by him.

(4) Where a court has made an order under sub-section (3), a certificate
signed by the appropriate officer of the court specifying the amount ordered
to be refunded and the person by whom the amount is payable may be filed in a
court having civil jurisdiction to the extent of that amount and is thereupon
enforceable in all respects as a final judgment of that court.