Northern Territory Numbered Acts Northern Territory Numbered Acts(1) A person must not give misleading information to an official acting in an official capacity.
Fault elements:
The person:
(a) intentionally gives the information to the official; and
(b) knows the information is misleading; and
(c) knows the official is acting in an official capacity.
Maximum penalty: 400 penalty units or imprisonment for 2 years.
(2) A person must not give a document containing misleading information to an official acting in an official capacity.
Fault elements:
The person:
(a) intentionally gives the document to the official; and
(b) knows the document contains misleading information; and
(c) knows the official is acting in an official capacity.
Maximum penalty: 400 penalty units or imprisonment for 2 years.
(3) Subsection (2) does not apply if the person, when giving the document:
(a) draws the misleading aspect of the document to the official's attention; and
(b) to the extent to which the person can reasonably do so – gives the official the information necessary to correct the document.
(4) In this section:
"misleading information "means information that is misleading in a material particular or because of the omission of a material particular.