s 30 False or misleading document or information
30.—(1) Any person who, in connection with an application for a permit or registration, or being required under Part 3 to give any information or document to an authorised officer or a senior authorised officer —(a) gives any information that is false or misleading in a material particular; or (b) gives any document which contains a statement or omits any matter which renders it false or misleading in a material particular, shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $50,000 or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 12 months or to both. (2) In proceedings for an offence under subsection (1), it is a defence for the accused to prove that the accused has taken all reasonable steps to ascertain, and satisfy himself, herself or itself of, the truth of the matter in question.