Passports Act 1992

32 False representations

  • (1) Every person commits an offence who, for the purpose of procuring a New Zealand travel document, or a renewal or endorsement of a New Zealand travel document, whether for his or her benefit or for the benefit of any other person,—

    • (a) makes a written or oral statement that he or she knows to be false or misleading in a material particular; or

    • (b) recklessly makes a written or oral statement that is false or misleading in a material particular.

    (2) Every person who commits an offence against subsection (1) is liable on conviction on indictment to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 5 years, a fine not exceeding $15,000, or both.

    Section 32: substituted, on 18 June 2002, by section 11 of the Passports Amendment Act 2002 (2002 No 24).