SECURITY AND RELATED ACTIVITIES (CONTROL) ACT 1996 - SECT 51

SECURITY AND RELATED ACTIVITIES (CONTROL) ACT 1996 - SECT 51

51 .         False or misleading information

        (1)         A person must not, in relation to an application for the issue or renewal of a licence, give information orally or in writing that the person knows to be —

            (a)         false or misleading in a material particular; or

            (b)         likely to deceive in a material way.

        Penalty: a fine of $15 000.

        (2)         Subsection (1) extends to the giving of information to a person who witnesses an applicant’s signature as mentioned in sections 46(2) and 49(2).

        [Section 51 amended: No. 4 of 2008 s. 80(2).]