Commonwealth Numbered Acts

CRIMES LEGISLATION AMENDMENT ACT (No. 2) 1989 No. 4 of 1990 - SECT 44

44. Section 21 of the Principal Act is amended:
   (a)   by omitting from subsection (1) "statutory declaration by an
acceptable referee" and substituting "written reference by an acceptable
referee, signed by the referee and";
   (b)   by omitting from paragraphs (1) (a) and (b) "declaration" and
substituting "reference";
   (c)   by omitting from subsection (3) "a declaration by the referee to
the effect that the statement" and substituting "a statement by the referee to
the effect that the reference";
   (d)   by inserting after subsection (3) the following subsection:


"(3A) An acceptable referee, or any other person, must not, knowingly or
recklessly:

   (a)  make a statement in an identification reference that is false or
        misleading in a material particular; or

   (b)  omit from an identification reference any matter or thing without
        which the reference is misleading in a material particular.
Penalty: $10,000 or imprisonment for 4 years, or both.".