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CRIMES (DOMESTIC AND PERSONAL VIOLENCE) ACT 2007 - SECT 49A False or misleading applications for apprehended personal violence order

CRIMES (DOMESTIC AND PERSONAL VIOLENCE) ACT 2007 - SECT 49A

False or misleading applications for apprehended personal violence order

49A False or misleading applications for apprehended personal violence order

A person is guilty of an offence if--

(a) the person makes a statement (whether orally, in a document or in any other way), and
(b) the person does so knowing that the statement is false or misleading in a material particular, and
(c) the statement is made to a Registrar or Magistrate for the purpose of making an application for an apprehended personal violence order under section 18.
: Maximum penalty--Imprisonment for 12 months or 10 penalty units, or both.