Criminal Code Act 1924
287Fraudulently using stamps, &c.
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287 Fraudulently using stamps, &c.
Any person who, with intent to defraud –
(a) knowing the same to be forged, uses any forged stamp or die;
(b) uses any genuine stamp or seal which, for the purpose of being again used, has been removed from any document or thing to which it had been affixed or attached, or upon which it had been impressed;
(c) removes for such purpose as aforesaid any stamp or seal from any material upon which it had been used; or
(d) erases or removes from any stamped material any figure, letter, or word with intent that the stamp thereon may be again used –
is guilty of a crime.
Charge: Fraudulently using a stamp [or seal] [or die].