Victorian Consolidated Legislation

Sale of Land Act 1962 - SECT 12

Offences in relation to the sale of land

12. Offences in relation to the sale of land

Any person who, with the intention of inducing any person to buy any land-

   (a)  knowingly or recklessly makes or publishes any false representation or
        wilfully false promise;

   (b)  states or publishes any statement that he or some other person named
        by him will buy, at a profit to be received in the future by such
        prospective purchaser-

   (i)  the land in question or any part thereof;

   (ii) any interest in that land or in any part thereof; or

   (iii) any other land or chattel owned by the prospective purchaser;

   (c)  states or publishes any statement that he or some other person named
        by him will at some future time obtain for the prospective purchaser a
        profit on the sale of the land in question or any part thereof or any
        interest in that land or in any part thereof;

   (d)  makes or publishes any statement promise or forecast which he knows to
        be misleading or deceptive or fraudulently conceals any material facts
        or recklessly makes any statement or forecast which is misleading or
        deceptive; or

   (e)  makes any statement promise or forecast concerning the provision of
        amenities or services which are normally provided by the State or by
        any statutory authority unless he has been advised in writing by the
        State or by the authority in question that such amenities or services
        will be so provided-

shall be guilty of an offence against this Act and shall for every such
offence be liable to a penalty of not more than 50 penalty units or to
imprisonment for a term of not more than twelve months.