Section 34B

a person furnishes a document or gives information (whether orally or in writing) to the Minister, the Authority, the Committee of Appeal, a classification officer or a licensing officer;

the document is furnished, or the statement is made or the information is given, for or in connection with —

an application (whether for that person or for another) for a licence, a permit under section 12 or a renewal of such a licence or permit;

an application (whether for that person or for another) for approval under section 22A;

an application to register as a film content assessor under section 19, or to renew such registration;

a representation made under section 7(5) or 20B(3), or pursuant to a written notice under section 10A(5) or 11(3); or

an appeal under section 24 or 28;

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; and

the person knows, or ought reasonably to know, that the document is false or misleading, or that the statement or information is as described in paragraph (c),the person shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $10,000 or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 12 months or to both.

a classification officer or a licensing officer in the discharge of his or her powers or duties under this Act or its subsidiary legislation;

an enforcement officer from exercising any of the officer’s powers under section 23, 34 or 34A; or

a police officer from exercising any of the officer’s powers under section 34A,shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $10,000 or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 12 months or to both.

who intentionally alters, suppresses or destroys any document or information that the person has been required by or under section 34(3)(k) or (4) to furnish; or

who, in furnishing any document or information required by or under section 34(3)(k) or (4), makes any statement that the person knows or ought reasonably to know that, or is reckless as to whether, it is false or misleading in a material particular,shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $10,000 or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 12 months or to both.