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Births, Deaths and Marriages Registration Act 1999
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### 56 Falsification of certificate
> > (1) A person must not forge the Registrar's signature or seal.
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> > Penalty: Fine not exceeding 100 penalty units or imprisonment for a term not exceeding 2 years, or both.
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> > (2) A person must not forge or falsify a certificate or other document under this Act.
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> > Penalty: Fine not exceeding 100 penalty units or imprisonment for a term not exceeding 2 years, or both.
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> > (3) The Registrar may impound –
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> > > > (a) a document which the Registrar has reason to believe bears a forged impression of the Registrar's signature or seal; or
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> > > > (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
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> > > > (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.