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SUMMARY OFFENCES ACT 1953 - SECT 62A

62A—Creating false belief as to events calling for police action

        (1)         A person who intentionally creates a false belief that an offence has been committed, or that life has or may have been lost or is endangered, is guilty of an offence.

Maximum penalty: $10 000 or imprisonment for 2 years.

        (2)         Upon convicting a person of an offence against this section, a court may order the convicted person to pay to the complainant a reasonable sum for the expenses of or incidental to any investigation made by a police officer as a result of the offence.

        (3)         An amount received by the complainant under this section must be paid to the Treasurer in aid of the Consolidated Account.

        (4)         In this section—

"belief" includes suspicion.



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