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Criminal Code Act 1983
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254 Using false document
(a) the person (person A) uses a document; and
(b) the document is a false document and person A has
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(c) person A engages in the conduct mentioned in paragraph (a)
(i) to induce another person (person B) to accept it as
genuine; and
(ii) because person B accepts it as genuine – that person A
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)(c)(i), it is not necessary to prove