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CHEMICAL WEAPONS (PROHIBITION) ACT 1994 - SECT 80

False or misleading statements and documents

  (1)   A person who intentionally makes a statement, either orally or in writing, to the Minister, the Director, the Controller, a national inspector, an Organization inspector, a foreign country inspector or another person exercising a power or performing a function or duty in relation to this Act that is false or misleading in a material particular, commits an offence against this subsection.

Penalty:   Imprisonment for 2 years.

  (2)   A person who gives a document to the Minister, the Director, the Controller, a national inspector, an Organization inspector, a foreign country inspector or another person exercising a power or performing a function or duty in relation to this Act, knowing or reckless that the document is false or misleading in a material particular, commits an offence against this subsection.

Penalty:   Imprisonment for 2 years.

  (3)   A reference in subsection   (1) to the making of a statement or in subsection   (2) to the giving of a document is to be taken to include a reference to the making of a statement or the giving of a document under a condition of a permit.

  (4)   For the purposes of subsection   (1), a statement made on a data storage device, or by way of electronic transmission, is taken to be a statement made in writing.



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