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WORKERS COMPENSATION ACT 1958 - SECT 75

Malingering

S. 75(1) amended by No. 10191 s. 270(10).

    (1)     Every person attempting to obtain fraudulently any benefit under this Act shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable to a penalty of not more than 15 penalty units or imprisonment for three months or both.

S. 75(2) inserted by No. 7292 s. 10(2)(d), amended by No. 10191 s. 270(10).

    (2)     Without limiting the generality of subsection (1) of this section every person who, whether by the making of any false certificate or report or by the furnishing of any untrue or misleading information or otherwise, attempts to obtain fraudulently any benefit under this Act for any other person shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable to a penalty of not more than 15 penalty units or imprisonment for three months or both.

No. 5601 s. 77.



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