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Criminal Code Act 1983
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253 Forgery
(a) the person (person A) makes a false document; and
(b) person A engages in the conduct mentioned in paragraph (a)
(i) that person A or another person (person B) will use the
document to induce another person (person C) to
accept it as genuine; and
(ii) because person C accepts it as genuine – that person A,
person B or another person obtains a gain, causes a
loss or influences the exercise of a public duty; and
(3) To avoid doubt, for subsection (1)(b)(i), it is not necessary to prove