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OFFSHORE ELECTRICITY INFRASTRUCTURE ACT 2021 - SECT 278

False or misleading evidence

    A person commits an offence if:

  (a)   the person gives evidence to another person; and

  (b)   the person does so knowing that the evidence is false or misleading in a material particular; and

  (c)   the evidence is given in compliance or purported compliance with a notice under subsection   269(1).

Note:   The same conduct may be an offence against both this section and section   137.1 or 137.2 of the Criminal Code .

Penalty:   Imprisonment for 12 months.



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