Australian Capital Territory Numbered Acts

AUSTRALIAN CRIME COMMISSION (ACT) ACT 2003 (NO. 58 OF 2003) - SECT 28

    (1)     A person commits an offence if—

        (a)     the person is at an examination before an examiner; and

        (b)     the person gives evidence to the examiner; and

        (c)     the person does so knowing that the evidence is false or misleading.

Maximum penalty: 500 penalty units, imprisonment for 5 years or both.

Note     Under the Crimes Act 1900 , s 375 (Summary disposal of certain cases), the Magistrates Court may, in certain circumstances, deal summarily with offences (other than those involving money or other property) for which the maximum penalty does not exceed imprisonment for 10 years. However, the court may not impose a sentence of imprisonment exceeding 2 years or impose a fine exceeding $5 000.

    (2)     Subsection (1) (c) does not apply if the information is not false or misleading in a material particular.