Births, Deaths and Marriages Registration Act 1997
28Use of old birth certificate to deceive
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28 Use of old birth certificate to deceive (1) A person commits an offence if— (a) the person produces a birth certificate to someone else that shows a person’s sex before the record was altered; and (b) the person produces the certificate with intent to deceive. (2) It is not a defence to a prosecution for an offence against this section that the document in relation to which the prosecution is brought refers to the defendant. birth certificate includes— (a) a copy of a birth certificate; and (b) an extract from a birth certificate.
ACT residents with birth registered elsewhere Division 4.2