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Trade in Endangered Species Act 1989

Offences and infringement offences - Offences

47: Making false statements

You could also call this:

"Telling lies to get what you want is against the law"

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If you make a false statement to get something done or not done under Part 1, Part 2, or Part 3 of this law, you commit an offence. You do this if you knowingly make a statement that is false in an important way, or if you recklessly make a statement that is false in an important way. This can be for your own benefit or for someone else's benefit.

If you break this law, you can be punished with up to 2 years in prison or a fine of up to $5,000 when you are convicted. You can find more information about the parts of the law by looking at Part 1, Part 2, or Part 3.

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Part 4Offences and infringement offences
Offences

47Making false statements

  1. Every person commits an offence who, for the purpose of procuring anything to be done or not to be done under Part 1 or Part 2 or Part 3, whether for his or her own benefit or for the benefit of any other person,—

  2. makes a statement that he or she knows to be false in a material particular; or
    1. recklessly makes a statement that is false in a material particular.

      1. Every person who commits an offence against subsection (1) is liable on conviction to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 2 years or to a fine not exceeding $5,000.

      Notes
      • Section 47: substituted, on , by section 9 of the Trade in Endangered Species Amendment Act 1991 (1991 No 100).
      • Section 47(2): amended, on , by section 413 of the Criminal Procedure Act 2011 (2011 No 81).