349Making or possessing device etc for making false

349 Making or possessing device etc for making false document (1) A person commits an offence if the person makes or adapts a device, material or other thing— (a) knowing that the thing is designed or adapted for making a false document (whether or not it is designed or adapted for another purpose); and (b) with the intention that the person or someone else will use the thing to commit forgery. (a) the person knows that a device, material or other thing is designed or adapted for making a false document (whether or not it is designed or adapted for another purpose); and

(b) the person has the device, material or other thing in the person’s possession with the intention that the person or someone else will use it to commit forgery. (3) A person commits an offence if the person makes or adapts a device, material or other thing knowing that it is designed or adapted for making a false document (whether or not it is designed or adapted for another purpose). (4) A person commits an offence if the person has in the person’s possession a device, material or other thing knowing that it is designed or adapted for making a false document (whether or not it is designed or adapted for another purpose). (5) Subsection (4) does not apply if the person has a reasonable excuse.