Commonwealth Numbered Acts

BOUNTY (NON-ADJUSTABLE WRENCHES) ACT 1981 No. 18 of 1981 - SECT 20

20. (1) A person shall not, without reasonable excuse, refuse or fail -

   (a)  to attend before a Collector or an authorized officer;

   (b)  to take an oath or make an affirmation; or

   (c)  to answer a question or produce an account, book, document or other
        record, when so required in pursuance of this Act.

Penalty: $1,000.

(2) A person shall not knowingly obtain or attempt to obtain bounty that is
not payable.

Penalty: $2,000 or imprisonment for 12 months.

(3) A person shall not obtain or attempt to obtain payment of bounty by means
of a statement that he knows to be false or misleading or by the means of a
document that to his knowledge contains information that is false or
misleading.

Penalty: $2,000.

(4) A person shall not make to an authorized officer or other person
exercising a power or performing a function or duty in relation to this Act or
the regulations a statement that is false or misleading in a material
particular.

Penalty: $1,000.

(5) Where a person is convicted of an offence against sub-section (2) or (3),
the court may, in addition to imposing a penalty under that sub-section, order
the person to refund to the Commonwealth the amount of any bounty wrongfully
obtained by him.

(6) Where a court has made an order under sub-section (5), a certificate
signed by the appropriate officer of the court specifying the amount ordered
to be refunded and the person by whom the amount is payable may be filed in a
court having civil jurisdiction to the extent of that amount and is thereupon
enforceable in all respects as a final judgment of that court.