Commonwealth Numbered Acts

Bounty (Steel Mill Products) Act 1983 No. 125 of 1983 - SECT 21

21. (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, or both.

(3) A person shall not-

   (a)  make to an authorized officer or other person exercising a power, or
        performing a function or duty, in relation to this Act a statement,
        either orally or in writing, that is to his knowledge false or
        misleading in a material particular; or

   (b)  present (otherwise than in pursuance of sub-section 19 (1)) to an
        authorized officer or other person exercising a power, or performing a
        function or duty, in relation to this Act an account, book, document
        or other record that is to his knowledge false or misleading in a
        material particular.

Penalty: $1,000 or imprisonment for 6 months, or both.

(4) 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.

(5) Where a court has made an order under sub-section (4), 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 refundable may be filed in
a court having civil jurisdiction to the extent of the amount and is thereupon
enforceable in all respects as a final judgment of that court.
(6) In this section, ''bounty'' includes an advance on account of bounty under
section 11.