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CRIMES ACT 1900 - SECT 254

Using false document

254 Using false document

A person who uses a false document, knowing that it is false, with the intention of--

(a) inducing some person to accept it as genuine, and
(b) because of its being accepted as genuine--
(i) obtaining any property belonging to another, or
(ii) obtaining any financial advantage or causing any financial disadvantage, or
(iii) influencing the exercise of a public duty,
is guilty of an offence.
: Maximum penalty--Imprisonment for 10 years.



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