Australian Capital Territory Numbered Acts

CONFISCATION OF CRIMINAL ASSETS ACT 2003 (NO. 8 OF 2003) - SECT 197

A police officer commits an offence if—

        (a)     the police officer makes a statement (whether orally, in a document or in any other way); and

        (b)     the police officer does so knowing that the statement—

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

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

        (c)     the statement is made to an issuing officer in relation to an application for a search warrant.

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