LOCAL GOVERNMENT ACT 1995 - SECT 5.89
LOCAL GOVERNMENT ACT 1995 - SECT 5.89
5.89 . Offence to give false or misleading information
A person must not, in
relation to a disclosure under section 5.65, 5.70, 5.71, 5.71A, 5.87A or 5.87B
or a return lodged under section 5.75 or 5.76, provide information in written
or oral form that the person knows to be —
(a)
false or misleading in a material particular; or
(b)
likely to deceive in a material way.
Penalty: $10 000 or imprisonment for 2 years.
[Section 5.89 amended: No. 2 of 2016 s. 38; No. 16
of 2019 s. 42.]