CRIMINAL LAW CONSOLIDATION (FALSE OR MISLEADING INFORMATION) AMENDMENT BILL 2019

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South Australia

Criminal Law Consolidation (False or Misleading Information) Amendment Bill 2019

A BILL FOR

Contents

Part 1—Preliminary

The Parliament of South Australia enacts as follows:

Part 1—Preliminary

1—Short title

This Act may be cited as the Criminal Law Consolidation (False or Misleading Information) Amendment Act 2019.

2—Commencement

This Act comes into operation on a day to be fixed by proclamation.

3—Amendment provisions

In this Act, a provision under a heading referring to the amendment of a specified Act amends the Act so specified.

Part 2—Amendment of Criminal Law Consolidation Act 1935

4—Insertion of Part 7 Division 2A

Part 7—after Division 2 insert:

Division 2A—Offences relating to providing false or misleading information to a court

241A—False or misleading information entered into electronic court management system

(1) A person who enters information into an ECMS knowing that the information is false or misleading is guilty of an offence.

Maximum penalty: $10 000.

(2) A person who provides information to another person knowing that the information—

(a) is false or misleading; and

(b) will be, or is likely to be, provided to a court (whether by use of an ECMS or otherwise),

is guilty of an offence.

Maximum penalty: $10 000.

(3) In this section—

court includes a body prescribed by the regulations;

ECMS means an electronic court management system prescribed by the regulations;

enters information into an ECMS includes—

(a) uploads information or documents; or

(b) takes any other action prescribed by the regulations;

information means information, or information of a kind, prescribed by the regulations.