Furnishing false information: knowingly misleading public servants may attract imprisonment or fine and broader criminal consequences. Furnishing false information to a public servant when legally bound to do so is criminalised; general false statements attract imprisonment and/or fine, while false information relating to the commission, prevention, or apprehension of an offence carries a higher penal range. Illustrations show wilful misinformation to authorities about serious crimes. The provision also treats specified acts committed abroad as 'offence' for its purposes, extending culpability to cross-border conduct linked to serious offences.
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Furnishing false information: knowingly misleading public servants may attract imprisonment or fine and broader criminal consequences.
Furnishing false information to a public servant when legally bound to do so is criminalised; general false statements attract imprisonment and/or fine, while false information relating to the commission, prevention, or apprehension of an offence carries a higher penal range. Illustrations show wilful misinformation to authorities about serious crimes. The provision also treats specified acts committed abroad as "offence" for its purposes, extending culpability to cross-border conduct linked to serious offences.
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