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#### 131 False entries in Register
(1) A person commits an offence if:
(a) the person makes an entry, or causes an entry to be made, in the Register; and
(b) the person knows, or is reckless as to whether, the entry is false.
Penalty: Imprisonment for 12 months.
(2) A person commits an offence if:
(a) the person tenders a document in evidence; and
(b) the person knows that, or is reckless as to whether, the document falsely purports to be a copy of or extract from an entry in the Register.
Penalty for contravention of this subsection: Imprisonment for 12 months.