s 26 Recovery for overpayment, etc., and offences
26. —(1) Where any amount of moneys in the Public Transport Fund is withdrawn and paid — ( a ) to a person by way of cash grant, rebate, relief or other financial assistance and the person is not eligible to receive that cash grant, rebate, relief or financial assistance, or is eligible for a lower amount; ( b ) without authorisation or in excess of authorisation, to a public authority or person appointed by the Minister under regulations made under section 27 to disburse cash grants, rebates, reliefs or financial assistance using moneys in the Public Transport Fund; or ( c ) for any other purposes which are not authorised or in excess of authorisation under this Act, the amount that has been paid or paid in excess (as the case may be) is recoverable as a debt due to the Government in a court of competent jurisdiction. [31/2015] (2) If — ( a ) a person furnishes a document, or makes a statement (whether orally, in writing or any other way) or gives information for the purpose of or in connection with obtaining, for that person or another person, any cash grant, rebate, relief or other financial assistance in section 19(1)( a ) out of moneys in the Public Transport Fund; ( b ) the document, statement or information is false or misleading, or the statement or information omits any matter or thing without which the statement or information (as the case may be) is misleading; and ( c ) the person knows, or ought reasonably to have known, that the document is false or misleading, or that the statement or information is as described in paragraph ( b ), the person shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $5,000 or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 12 months or to both. [31/2015] (3) Subsection (2) does not apply if the document, statement or information is not false or misleading in a material particular, or if the statement or information did not omit any matter or thing without which the statement or information (as the case may be) is misleading in a material particular. [11I [31/2015] —(1) Where any amount of moneys in the Public Transport Fund is withdrawn and paid — ( a ) to a person by way of cash grant, rebate, relief or other financial assistance and the person is not eligible to receive that cash grant, rebate, relief or financial assistance, or is eligible for a lower amount; ( b ) without authorisation or in excess of authorisation, to a public authority or person appointed by the Minister under regulations made under section 27 to disburse cash grants, rebates, reliefs or financial assistance using moneys in the Public Transport Fund; or ( c ) for any other purposes which are not authorised or in excess of authorisation under this Act, the amount that has been paid or paid in excess (as the case may be) is recoverable as a debt due to the Government in a court of competent jurisdiction. [31/2015] (2) If — ( a ) a person furnishes a document, or makes a statement (whether orally, in writing or any other way) or gives information for the purpose of or in connection with obtaining, for that person or another person, any cash grant, rebate, relief or other financial assistance in section 19(1)( a ) out of moneys in the Public Transport Fund; ( b ) the document, statement or information is false or misleading, or the statement or information omits any matter or thing without which the statement or information (as the case may be) is misleading; and ( c ) the person knows, or ought reasonably to have known, that the document is false or misleading, or that the statement or information is as described in paragraph ( b ), the person shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $5,000 or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 12 months or to both. [31/2015] (3) Subsection (2) does not apply if the document, statement or information is not false or misleading in a material particular, or if the statement or information did not omit any matter or thing without which the statement or information (as the case may be) is misleading in a material particular. [11I [31/2015]