Victorian Current Acts

BIRTHS, DEATHS AND MARRIAGES REGISTRATION ACT 1996 - SECT 55

    (1)     A person must not forge the Registrar's signature or seal.

Penalty:     100 penalty units or 2 years imprisonment or both.

    (2)     A person must not forge or falsify a certificate or other document under this Act.

Penalty:     100 penalty units or 2 years imprisonment or both.

    (3)     The Registrar may impound—

        (a)     a document which the Registrar has reason to believe bears a forged impression of the Registrar's signature or seal; or

        (b)     a certificate or other document purporting to be a certificate or other document under this Act which the Registrar has reason to believe has been forged or falsified; or

        (c)     a certificate under this Act about a registrable event if the entry in the Register about the event has been cancelled or corrected since the issue of the certificate.

S. 56 amended by Nos 29/2004 s. 7, 20/2022 s. 47.