Northern Territory Numbered Acts Northern Territory Numbered Acts(1) A person commits an offence if:
(a) the person intentionally gives information to another person; and
(b) the other person is an authorised officer; and
(c) the person knows the information is misleading; and
(d) the person knows the authorised officer is acting in an official capacity.
Maximum penalty: For a first offence committed by:
(a) an adult – 25 penalty units; or
(b) a child – 2.5 penalty units.
For a second or subsequent offence committed by:
(a) an adult – 30 penalty units; or
(b) a child – 3 penalty units.
(2) A person commits an offence if:
(a) the person intentionally gives a document to another person; and
(b) the other person is an authorised officer; and
(c) the person knows the document contains misleading information; and
(d) the person knows the authorised officer is acting in an official capacity.
Maximum penalty: For a first offence committed by:
(a) an adult – 25 penalty units; or
(b) a child – 2.5 penalty units.
For a second or subsequent offence committed by:
(a) an adult – 30 penalty units; or
(b) a child – 3 penalty units.
(3) Strict liability applies to subsections (1)(b) and (2)(b).
(4) Subsection (2) does not apply if the person, when giving the document:
(a) draws the misleading aspect of the document to the authorised officer's attention; and
(b) to the extent to which the person can reasonably do so – gives the authorised officer the information necessary to remedy the misleading aspect of the document.
(5) In this section:
"acting in an official capacity", in relation to an authorised officer, means the officer is exercising powers or performing functions under, or otherwise related to the administration of, this Act.