SPECIAL COMMISSIONS OF INQUIRY ACT 1983 - SECT 27
False and misleading testimony
SPECIAL COMMISSIONS OF INQUIRY ACT 1983 - SECT 27
False and misleading testimony
27 False and misleading testimony
(1) Any witness before a Special Commission who gives testimony that is false
or misleading in a material particular knowing it to be false or misleading,
or not believing it to be true, is guilty of an indictable offence.
Maximum
penalty: Imprisonment for 5 years.
(2) Sections 331 and 332 of the
Crimes Act 1900 apply to proceedings for an offence against this section in
the same way as they apply to proceedings for an offence under section 330 of
that Act.
