Section 23

a person furnishes a document, or makes a statement (whether orally, in writing or any other way) or gives information, to the Appeals Panel;

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;

the person knows that the document is false or misleading, or that the statement or information is as described in paragraph (b); and

the document is furnished in, or the statement is made or the information is given in, or in connection with, a verification application (whether for that person or for another) to be determined a Pioneer or Merdeka Generation Senior,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.

who —

knowingly or recklessly makes any false or misleading statement; or

produces or furnishes, or causes to be produced or furnished, any document that the person knows to be false in a material particular; and

who, with the intention of dishonestly inducing another person to accept the statement or document as genuine, and by reason of the other person so accepting it as genuine, dishonestly obtains any financial assistance under section 16(1)(a), (b), (c), (d), (e) or (f) or any benefit under a prescribed public scheme referred to in section 5(1)(b),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.

that —

knowingly or recklessly makes any false or misleading statement; or

produces or furnishes, or causes to be produced or furnished, any document that the healthcare provider knows to be false in a material particular; and

that, with the intention of dishonestly inducing another person to accept the statement or document as genuine, and by reason of the other person so accepting it as genuine, dishonestly obtains any reimbursement grant under section 16(2),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.