PROTECTED DISCLOSURE ACT 2012 (NO. 85 OF 2012) - SECT 72 Offence to make false disclosure or provide false further information
PROTECTED DISCLOSURE ACT 2012 (NO. 85 OF 2012) - SECT 72
Offence to make false disclosure or provide false further information(1) A person must not provide information under this Act that the person knows is false or misleading in a material particular, intending that the information be acted on as a protected disclosure.
Penalty: 120 penalty units or 12 months imprisonment or both.
(2) A person must not provide further information, relating to a protected disclosure made by the person, that the person knows is false or misleading in a material particular.
Penalty: 120 penalty units or 12 months imprisonment or both.