s 16 False or misleading statement
16.—(1) Any person who for any purpose connected with this Act —(a) knowingly makes any false or misleading statement; (b) provides, or causes or knowingly allows to be provided, any document or information which the person knows to be false or misleading in a material particular; or (c) intentionally alters, suppresses or destroys any document which the person is required to provide under section 15A, shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $20,000 or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 12 months or to both. [19/2021] (2) Where a person has been convicted by the court of having made any false or misleading statement or having provided any document or information which is false or misleading in any material particular under subsection (1), the court may order that person to make restitution of any moneys paid out to that person by the Government in reliance of the false or misleading statement, document or information, as the case may be.[19/2021]