Commonwealth Consolidated Acts

CORPORATIONS (ABORIGINAL AND TORRES STRAIT ISLANDER) ACT 2006 - SECT 308.40

  (1)   A person commits an offence if:

  (a)   the person applies for a director identification number; and

  (b)   the person knows that the person already has a director identification number.

Penalty:   100 penalty units or imprisonment for 12 months, or both.

  (2)   Subsection   (1) does not apply if the Commonwealth Registrar directed the person under subsection   308 - 10(2) to make the application.

Note:   A defendant bears an evidential burden in relation to the matter in subsection   (2): see subsection   13.3(3) of the Criminal Code .

  (3)   Subsection   (1) does not apply if the person purports to make the application only in relation to Part   9.1A of the Corporations Act 2001 .

Note:   A defendant bears an evidential burden in relation to the matter in subsection   (3): see subsection   13.3(3) of the Criminal Code .

  (4)   A person who contravenes, or is involved in a contravention of, subsection   (1) contravenes this subsection.

Note 1:   This subsection is a civil penalty provision (see section   386 - 1).

Note 2:   Section   694 - 55 defines involved in .