Deliver a document containing a false or misleading statement

Legislation: Migration Act 1958 (Cth) s 234(1)(c)

Maximum penalty: 10 years imprisonment, 1,000 penalty units, or both

Period: 1 July 2019 to 30 June 2024

Jurisdiction: higher courts

Charges

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All outcomes

Males

Females

Aged under 25

Aged 25 to 54

Aged 55 and over

*Note: unavailable options have under 10 cases

Charge data

In the higher courts, 10 charges of deliver a document containing a false or misleading statement were sentenced in the five years to 30 June 2024. The most common sentence for a charge of this offence was a community correction order (100% or 10 charges).

On SACStat, a charge is a single count of a sentenced offence. Charge data is most useful in understanding how a specific crime is usually sentenced.

Case data

In the higher courts, deliver a document containing a false or misleading statement was the principal proven offence (the most serious crime in the case) in fewer than 10 cases in the five years to 30 June 2024. Therefore, outcomes for cases are not given for this offence.

Bar graph showing sentence types imposed for charges of deliver a document containing a false or misleading statement — **Figure 1**: Sentencing outcomes for all charges of deliver a document containing a false or misleading statement
**Number: 10 charges**

Stacked bar graph showing sentences imposed each year for charges of deliver a document containing a false or misleading statement — **Figure 3**: Sentencing outcomes for all charges of deliver a document containing a false or misleading statement by financial year
**Number: 10 charges**

Bar graph showing the number of charges each year for the offence of deliver a document containing a false or misleading statement — **Figure 4**: Number of charges of deliver a document containing a false or misleading statement by financial year
**Number: 10 charges**