New South Wales Consolidated Acts

FIREARMS ACT 1996 - SECT 72

72 Falsifying or altering records

(1) A firearms dealer must not, with intent to deceive, make a false or misleading entry in, or alter, a record required to be made or kept under section 45.

: Maximum penalty--imprisonment for 14 years if the record relates to a pistol or prohibited firearm (or part of a pistol or prohibited firearm), or imprisonment for 5 years in any other case.

Note : Reference to a pistol includes a prohibited pistol.

(2) A person must not, with intent to deceive, make a false or misleading entry in, or alter, any other record required to be made or kept by or under this Act.

: Maximum penalty--50 penalty units or imprisonment for 2 years, or both.