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Offences

False or misleading applications

Offence title:

False or misleading applications

Act:

70 Firearms Act (NSW)

Offence:

A person must not, in or in connection with an application under this Act or the regulations, make a statement or provide information that the person knows is false or misleading in a material particular.

Penalty:

Imprisonment for 14 years if the application relates to a pistol or prohibited firearm.

Imprisonment for 5 years in all other cases.

Summary/Indictable/mixed:

Mixed

Jurisdiction:

Local, District or Supreme Court

How committed:

A licence applicant fails to disclose they are currently under the restrictions of an Apprehended Domestic Violence Order.

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