New South Wales Consolidated Acts

CRIMINAL PROCEDURE ACT 1986 - SECT 189

189 False statements or representations

(1) A person who made a written statement tendered in evidence in proceedings is guilty of an offence if the statement contains any matter that, at the time the statement was made, the person knew to be false, or did not believe to be true, in any material respect.

: Maximum penalty--

(a) If the offence is dealt with summarily, 20 penalty units or imprisonment for 12 months, or both.

(b) If the offence is dealt with on indictment, 50 penalty units or imprisonment for 5 years, or both.

(1A) A person who made a representation given in evidence in proceedings in the form of a recorded statement is guilty of an offence if the representation contains any matter that, at the time the representation was made, the person knew to be false, or did not believe to be true, in any material respect.

: Maximum penalty--

(a) If the offence is dealt with summarily, 20 penalty units or imprisonment for 12 months, or both.

(b) If the offence is dealt with on indictment, 50 penalty units or imprisonment for 5 years, or both.

(2) Chapter 5 (which relates to the summary disposal of certain indictable offences unless an election is made to proceed on indictment) applies to and in respect of an offence under this section.