PART 26
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OFFENCES RELATING TO STATEMENTS, RECORDS ETC.
SECTION 306
INCORRECTLY KEEPING OR MAKING RECORDS ETC.
306(1)
If:
(a)
a person is required under this Act, the regulations or the prudential standards to keep any accounts, accounting records or other records; and
(b)
the person keeps those accounts or records in such a way that they do not correctly record and explain the matters, transactions, acts or operations to which they relate;
the person commits an offence punishable on conviction by imprisonment for not longer than 12 months.
Note:
Chapter 2 of the
Criminal Code
sets out the general principles of criminal responsibility.
History
S 306(1) amended by No 117 of 2012, s 3 and Sch 2 item 45, by substituting
"
, the regulations or the prudential standards
"
for
"
or the regulations
"
in para (a), effective 9 September 2012.
306(2)
If:
(a)
a person is required under this Act, the regulations or the prudential standards to make a record of any matter, transaction, act or operation; and
(b)
the person makes such a record in such a way that it does not correctly record the matter, transaction, act or operation;
the person commits an offence punishable on conviction by imprisonment for not longer than 12 months.
Note:
Chapter 2 of the
Criminal Code
sets out the general principles of criminal responsibility.
History
S 306(2) amended by No 117 of 2012, s 3 and Sch 2 item 45, by substituting
"
, the regulations or the prudential standards
"
for
"
or the regulations
"
in para (a), effective 9 September 2012.
S 306 substituted by No 31 of 2001, s 3 and Sch 1 item 221, effective 15 December 2001. S 306 formerly read:
SECTION 306 INTENTIONALLY OR RECKLESSLY INCORRECTLY KEEPING RECORDS ETC.
306
If:
(a)
a person who is required under this Act or the regulations to keep any accounts, accounting records or other records recklessly or intentionally keeps them in such a way that they do not correctly record and explain the matters, transactions, acts or operations to which they relate; or
(b)
a person who is required under this Act or the regulations to make a record of any matter, transaction, act or operation recklessly or intentionally makes it in such a way that it does not correctly record the matter, transaction, act or operation;
the person is guilty of an offence punishable on conviction by imprisonment for a term not exceeding 12 months.