283Procuring unauthorized status: Fraudulently misrepresenting status

283 Procuring unauthorized status: Fraudulently misrepresenting status

Any person who –

(a) by any representation, which he knows to be false, procures to be issued to any person by any person thereunto authorized by any public general statute a document certifying that the holder thereof is entitled to any right, privilege, or status;

(b) with intent to defraud, falsely represents to any person that he has obtained, or is the holder of, any such document; or

(c) by any representation which he knows to be false, procures himself or any other person to be registered as a person entitled to any such document, or as a person entitled to any right, privilege, or status –

is guilty of a crime.

Charge:  

(a) Procuring unauthorized status.

(b) Fraudulently misrepresenting status.

(c) Procuring unauthorized status.