Commonwealth Consolidated Acts Commonwealth Consolidated Acts(1) A person who is a defence member or a defence civilian commits an offence if:
(a) the person has been sworn or affirmed as a witness in proceedings before a service tribunal; and
(b) the person makes a false statement in those proceedings; and
(c) the person knows the statement to be false or does not believe it to be true; and
(d) the statement is material in those proceedings.
Maximum punishment: Imprisonment for 5 years.
(2) A person is not liable to be convicted of an offence under this section only on the evidence of one witness as to the falsity of the statement alleged to be false.