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NATIONAL PARKS AND WILDLIFE ACT 1972 - SECT 72

NATIONAL PARKS AND WILDLIFE ACT 1972 - SECT 72

72—False or misleading statement

        (1)         A person must not make, or cause to be made, a false or misleading statement in relation to the administration of this Act.

Maximum penalty: $2 500.

        (1a)         Without limiting subsection (1), a person must not make, or cause to be made, a false or misleading statement in an application, return or other document under this Act.

Maximum penalty: $2 500.

        (2)         It is a defence to a charge for an offence under this section that the defendant believed on reasonable grounds that the statement was true.