New South Wales Consolidated Acts

FISHERIES MANAGEMENT ACT 1994 - SECT 259

259 False information

(1) A person who, in connection with a requirement under this Part, makes any statement, provides any information or produces any document that the person knows is false or misleading in a material particular is guilty of an offence.

Maximum penalty: 200 penalty units or imprisonment for 3 months, or both.

(2) A person is not guilty of an offence against this section in respect of a document if the person informs a fisheries officer when the document is produced that it is false or misleading in a material particular.