Commonwealth Consolidated Acts Commonwealth Consolidated ActsA person must not make, in an application for a warrant, a statement that the person knows to be false or misleading in a material particular.
Penalty: Imprisonment for 2 years.
Note: Under subsection 4D(1) of the Crimes Act 1914 , this penalty is only a maximum penalty for the offence. Subsection 4B(2) of that Act allows a court to impose an appropriate fine instead of, or in addition to, a term of imprisonment.