Offences concerning directives

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A person who knowingly makes a false or misleading statement in, or relating to, a directive commits an offence and is liable on summary conviction —

to, if the offence was committed when the person was a proxy appointed under the directive, a fine of twenty thousand dollars or to imprisonment for two years, or both; or

to a fine of ten thousand dollars.

A person who knowingly makes a false or misleading statement relating to an attempt to make a directive commits an offence and is liable on summary conviction to a fine of ten thousand dollars.

Health Care Decisions Act

7 Parts

s.27Offences concerning directives— Health Care Decisions Act (2022 Revision)

Section 27Part 3 — ADVANCE HEALTH CARE DIRECTIVES

Offences concerning directives

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A person who knowingly makes a false or misleading statement in, or relating to, a directive commits an offence and is liable on summary conviction —

to, if the offence was committed when the person was a proxy appointed under the directive, a fine of twenty thousand dollars or to imprisonment for two years, or both; or

to a fine of ten thousand dollars.

A person who knowingly makes a false or misleading statement relating to an attempt to make a directive commits an offence and is liable on summary conviction to a fine of ten thousand dollars.