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Medicines Act 1981

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76: Penalty for false statement

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"Lying to get a licence can lead to a fine or prison time"

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If you make a false statement to get a licence under the Medicines Act 1981, you commit an offence. You do this if you make a declaration or statement you know is false, or use one. You also do this if you use a document you know is not genuine. If you are found guilty, you can be imprisoned for up to 6 months or fined up to $1,000. This is according to the Medicines Act 1981, which was amended by the Criminal Procedure Act 2011. You can face these penalties if you break the rules.

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Part 5Enforcement

76Penalty for false statement

  1. Every person commits an offence against this Act who, for the purpose of obtaining, whether for himself or for any other person, the grant of any licence under this Act, or for any other purposes in relation to this Act,—

  2. make any declaration or statement that he knows is false in any particular; or
    1. utters, produces, or makes use of any such declaration or statement, or any document containing the same; or
      1. utters, produces, or makes use of any document that he knows is not genuine.

        1. Every person who commits an offence against this section is liable on conviction to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 6 months or a fine not exceeding $1,000.

        Compare
        • 1960 No 97 s 47
        • 1969 No 44 s 10
        • 1979 No 27 s 60
        Notes
        • Section 76(2): amended, on , by section 413 of the Criminal Procedure Act 2011 (2011 No 81).