Commonwealth Consolidated Acts Commonwealth Consolidated ActsA person must not:
(a) state in a document that purports to be a form of warrant under section 52 the name of a magistrate unless that magistrate issued the warrant; or
(b) state on a form of warrant under that section a matter that, to the person's knowledge, departs in a material particular from the form authorised by the magistrate; or
(c) purport to execute, or present to a person, a document that purports to be a form of warrant under that section that:
(i) the person knows has not been approved by a magistrate under that section; or
(ii) the person knows to depart in a material particular from the terms authorised by a magistrate under that section; or
(d) send to a magistrate a form of warrant under that section that is not the form of warrant that the person purported to execute.
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.