The maximum penalty for the offence of “false statement on oath not amounting to perjury” is 5 years in prison.
According to the Judicial Commission of NSW, the actual penalties imposed for the offence are as follows:
- Community Correction Order: 33.3%
- Intensive Correction Order: 33.3%
- Prison: 33.3%
The average prison sentence for the offence is 16 months imprisonment, and the average non-parole period (or minimum prison term that must be served) is 12 months in prison.