OATHS ACT 1900 - SECT 30 Untrue document purporting to be affidavit

OATHS ACT 1900 - SECT 30

30 Untrue document purporting to be affidavit

Where a person wilfully makes and subscribes a document that purports to be, but is not, an affidavit taken and received in accordance with the requirements of section 11A, knowing it to be untrue in a material particular not related to any requirement or formality necessary for the making of an affidavit, that person is guilty of an offence and--

(a) upon conviction on indictment--liable to imprisonment for 5 years, or

(b) upon conviction by the Local Court--liable to a penalty not exceeding 5 penalty units or imprisonment for a term not exceeding six months.