Commonwealth Numbered Acts

COUNTER-TERRORISM (TEMPORARY EXCLUSION ORDERS) ACT 2019 (NO. 53, 2019) - SECT 22

             (1)  A person commits an offence if:

                     (a)  the person gives information or produces a document to a person or body; and

                     (b)  the person does so in response to a condition imposed on a return permit given to the person; and

                     (c)  the person does so knowing that the information or document is false or misleading.

Penalty:  Imprisonment for 2 years.

             (2)  Subsection (1) does not apply if the information or document is not false or misleading in a material particular.

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