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If you apply for financial help and do not tell them about a serious violent or sexual crime you were convicted of after applying, you might commit an offence. You must tell them about this under section 14. If you do not have a good reason for not telling them, you could be fined up to $5,000 if you are convicted.
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A person who fails, without reasonable excuse, to disclose under section 14 a violent, sexual, or firearms offence for which they were convicted after the date of their application for financial redress but before redress is granted commits an offence and is liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $5,000.
