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CRIMES ACT 1900 - SECT 255

Possession of false document

255 Possession of false document

A person who has in his or her possession a false document, knowing that it is false, with the intention that the person or another will use it--

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



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