LEGAL PROFESSION ACT 2007 - SECT 656 False or misleading documents

LEGAL PROFESSION ACT 2007 - SECT 656

656 False or misleading documents

(1) A person must not give to a disciplinary body a document containing information the person knows is false or misleading in a material particular.

Penalty—

Maximum penalty—200 penalty units.

(2) Subsection (1) does not apply to a person who, when giving the document—

(a) informs the disciplinary body, to the best of the person’s ability, how the document is false or misleading; and

(b) gives the correct information to the disciplinary body if the person has, or can reasonably obtain, the correct information.