New South Wales Consolidated Acts

CRIME COMMISSION ACT 2012 - SECT 27

27 False or misleading evidence

(1) A person must not, at a hearing before the Commission, give evidence that is, to the knowledge of the person, false or misleading in a material particular.

(2) A contravention of subsection (1) is an indictable offence and, subject to this section, is punishable, on conviction, by a fine not exceeding 500 penalty units or by imprisonment for a period not exceeding 5 years, or both.

(3) Notwithstanding that an offence against subsection (1) is an indictable offence, a court of summary jurisdiction may hear and determine proceedings in respect of such an offence if the court is satisfied that it is proper to do so and the defendant and the prosecutor consent.

(4) A court of summary jurisdiction that convicts a person of an offence against subsection (1) may impose a fine not exceeding 100 penalty units or imprisonment for a period not exceeding 2 years, or both.

(5) Sections 331 and 332 of the Crimes Act 1900 apply to proceedings for an offence under this section in the same way as they apply to proceedings for an offence under section 330 of that Act.