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Births, Deaths and Marriages Registration Act 1999
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### 54 False representation
> > (1) [*\[Section 54 Renumbered by No. 7 of 2019, s. 24, Applied:05 Sep 2019\]*](/view/html/inforce/2019-09-05/act-2019-007#GS24@Hpb@EN) A person must not make a false or misleading representation in an application or document under this Act, knowing it to be false or misleading.
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> > Penalty: Fine not exceeding 10 penalty units.
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> > (2) [*\[Section 54 Subsection (2) inserted by No. 7 of 2019, s. 24, Applied:05 Sep 2019\]*](/view/html/inforce/2019-09-05/act-2019-007#GS24@Hpb@EN) A person must not, with intention to deceive, produce to another person a birth certificate, a copy of a birth certificate, or a copy of an extract from the Register, issued for the person, that –
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> > > > (a) if there is a registered gender in relation to the person –
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> > > > > > (i) shows a previous registered sex, or previous registered gender, in relation to the person; and
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> > > > > > (ii) does not also show the registered gender in relation to the person; or
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> > > > (b) if a change of name of the person has been registered –
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> > > > > > (i) shows a previous registered name in relation to the person; and
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> > > > > > (ii) does not also show the last registered name in relation to the person.
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> > Penalty: Fine not exceeding 100 penalty units or imprisonment for a term not exceeding 2 years, or both.