SEARCH WARRANTS ACT 1985 - SECT 12B False or misleading information in applications

This legislation has been repealed.

SEARCH WARRANTS ACT 1985 - SECT 12B

12B False or misleading information in applications

(1) A person must not, in or in connection with an application for a search warrant, give information to an authorised justice 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 by telephone as well as in person.

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