New South Wales Consolidated Acts

LAW ENFORCEMENT CONDUCT COMMISSION ACT 2016 - SECT 147

147 Offence of making false complaint or giving false information

(1) A person must not make a complaint under this Act knowing the complaint to be false.

: Maximum penalty--100 penalty units or imprisonment for 2 years, or both.

(2) A person must not, in the course of the investigation of a misconduct matter under this Act, provide information to any of the following knowing the information to be false or misleading in a material particular--

(a) the Minister,

(b) a member of the NSW Police Force,

(c) a Commissioner,

(d) the Inspector,

(e) the Independent Commission Against Corruption,

(f) the Inspector of the Independent Commission Against Corruption,

(g) the Crime Commission,

(h) the Ombudsman,

(i) a member of Parliament,

(i1) the Children's Guardian, or

(j) a prison officer within the meaning of section 38.

: Maximum penalty--100 penalty units or imprisonment for 2 years, or both.