Australian Capital Territory Current Acts

CONFISCATION OF CRIMINAL ASSETS ACT 2003 - SECT 231

    (1)     A person commits an offence if—

        (a)     the person gives information to a police officer or person assisting a police officer; and

        (b)     the person does so knowing that the information—

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

              (ii)     omits something that makes the information false or misleading in a material particular; and

        (c)     the information is given in compliance (or purported compliance) with a requirement under this part.

Maximum penalty: 200 penalty units, imprisonment for 2 years or both.

    (2)     Subsection (1) (c) does not apply if, before the information was given by the person to the police officer or person assisting, a police officer or person assisting did not take reasonable steps to tell the person of the existence of the offence against subsection (1).

    (3)     For subsection (2), it is sufficient if the following form of words is used:

‘Giving false or misleading information is an offence with serious consequences'.