South Australian Current Acts South Australian Current Acts232—Certifying incorrect documents
(1) If a person
falsely provides a certification under section 273(1), the person is
guilty of an offence.
Maximum penalty: $5 000 or imprisonment for 1 year.
(1a) In proceedings
for an offence against subsection (1), it is a defence to prove
that—
(a) the
defendant was not negligent; and
(b) the
act or omission constituting the offence was attributable to an honest mistake
on the defendant's part.
(1b) If—
(a) a
person falsely provides a certification under section 273(1); and
(b) the
person knows that the certification is false,
the person is guilty of an offence.
Maximum penalty: $10 000 or imprisonment for 2 years.
(2) If a person who is
an employee of a body corporate that is a mortgagee that is required to
provide a certification under section 273(1)—
(a)
provides the certification on behalf of the body corporate; but
(b) does
not, at the time of providing the certification, have personal knowledge of
the matters to which he or she is certifying,
the person and the body corporate are each guilty of an offence.
Maximum penalty: $10 000.