New South Wales Consolidated Acts

TERRORISM (POLICE POWERS) ACT 2002 - SECT 27Z

27Z False or misleading information in applications or reports to eligible Judge

(1) A person must not, in or in connection with an application for a covert search warrant, a report or an occupier’s notice, give information to an eligible Judge that the person knows to be false or misleading in a material particular.

Maximum penalty: 100 penalty units or imprisonment for 2 years, or both.

(2) This section applies to an application for a telephone warrant as well as an application for a covert search warrant made in person.

(3) This section applies whether or not the information given is also verified on oath or affirmation or by affidavit.