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POLICE SERVICE ACT 2003 - SECT 81 False or misleading statements

POLICE SERVICE ACT 2003 - SECT 81

False or misleading statements

(1)  A person, in making an application for appointment or promotion or providing any information relating to the application, must not –
(a) make a statement knowing it to be false or misleading; or
(b) omit any matter knowing that without that matter the application or information is misleading.
Penalty:  Fine not exceeding 20 penalty units.
(2)  If a person commits an offence under subsection (1) and is, or subsequently becomes, a police officer, the Commissioner may take any action referred to in section 43(3) the Commissioner considers appropriate.