Northern Territory Numbered Acts Northern Territory Numbered Acts(1) A person commits an offence if:
(a) the person gives information to another person; and
(b) the person knows the information is misleading; and
(c) the person knows the other person is acting in an official capacity.
Maximum penalty: 200 penalty units or imprisonment for 2 years.
(2) A person commits an offence if:
(a) the person gives a document to another person; and
(b) the person knows the document contains misleading information; and
(c) the person knows the other person is acting in an official capacity.
Maximum penalty: 200 penalty units or imprisonment for 2 years.
(3) Subsection (2) does not apply if the person, when giving the document:
(a) draws the misleading aspect of the document to the other person's attention; and
(b) to the extent to which the person can reasonably do so – gives the other person the information necessary to remedy the misleading aspect of the document.
(4) In this section:
"acting in an official capacity", in relation to a person, means the person is exercising powers or performing functions under, or otherwise related to the administration of, this Act.
"misleading information" means information that is misleading in a material particular or because of the omission of a material particular.