Commonwealth Numbered Acts

BOUNTY (METAL WORKING MACHINES AND ROBOTS) ACT 1985 No. 133 of 1985 - SECT 35

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

   (a)  to attend before a Collector or an authorised 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 authorised 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 the knowledge of the person
        false or misleading in a material particular; or

   (b)  present (otherwise than in pursuance of sub-section 33 (1) to an
        authorised 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 the knowledge of the person false or
        misleading in a material particular.
Penalty: $1,000 or imprisonment for 6 months, or both.

(4) A person shall not be convicted of an offence against or arising out of
sub-section (2) and an offence against or arising out of sub-section 23 (1),
or an offence against or arising out of sub-section (2) and an offence against
or arising out of sub-section (3), in respect of the same claim for bounty.

(5) A reference in sub-section (4) to a person being convicted of an offence
includes a reference to an order being made under section 19B of the Crimes 
Act 1914 in relation to a person in respect of an offence.
(6) In this section, "bounty" includes an advance.