FAMILY VIOLENCE PROTECTION ACT 2008 - SECT 153 Certification
FAMILY VIOLENCE PROTECTION ACT 2008 - SECT 153
Certification(1) If under this Act a person is required or permitted to certify a document—
(a) the person must certify that the information contained in the document is true and correct to the best of the person's knowledge; and
S. 153(1)(b) amended by No. 33/2018 s. 28(1).
(b) the document must include a statement that the person understands that making the certification knowing the document to be false in any particular constitutes an offence punishable by 600 penalty units or 5 years imprisonment or both.
S. 153(2) amended by No. 33/2018 s. 28(2).
(2) A person must not certify a document under this Act if the person knows it to be false in any particular.
Penalty: 600 penalty units or 5 years imprisonment or both.
S. 153A inserted by No. 33/2018 s. 29.