Western Australian Current Acts Western Australian Current Acts (1) A person must not
give to the Registrar or an inspector a document containing information the
person knows is false or misleading in a material particular.
Penalty for this subsection: a fine of $12 000, or
imprisonment for one year, or both.
(2) Subsection (1)
does not apply to a person who, when giving the document —
(a)
tells the Registrar or inspector, to the best of the person’s ability,
how it is false, misleading or incomplete; and
(b) if
the person has, or can reasonably get, the correct information, gives the
correct information to the Registrar or inspector.
(3) It is enough for a
prosecution notice lodged against a person for an offence against subsection
(1) to state the document was false, misleading or incomplete to the
person’s knowledge without stating which.
[Section 422 amended: No. 7 of 2016 s. 162.]