New South Wales Consolidated Acts

CRIMES (FORENSIC PROCEDURES) ACT 2000 - SECT 43A

43A False or misleading information in applications

(1) A person must not, in or in connection with an application for an order under this Part, give information to a Magistrate or authorised officer that the person knows to be false or misleading in a material particular.

: Maximum penalty--100 penalty units or imprisonment for 2 years, or both.

(2) This section applies to an application made by telephone or other means as well as to one made in person.

(3) This section applies whether or not the information given is also verified on oath or by affidavit.