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Forestry Act 1959
sec.87Forgery of licence etc. and other offences
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### sec.87 Forgery of licence etc. and other offences
A person shall not—
forge or counterfeit any licence, permit, certificate, or other authority granted under and for the purposes of this Act; or
utter, or make use of any such licence, permit, certificate, or other authority so forged or counterfeited; or
counterfeit or unlawfully fix to any forest products any mark used by and appropriated for the use of forest officers, or unlawfully alter, remove, disfigure, or obliterate any mark placed upon any forest products by any forest officer; or
without due authority, make or cause to be made, or use or cause to be used, or have in the person’s possession, a brand or stamp which resembles or purports to be a brand or stamp such as is usually used by forest officers; or
unlawfully alter, obliterate, deface, pull up, remove, or destroy any boundary-mark or any notice which has been posted, erected or displayed in any place for the purposes of this Act; or
personate any person named in any licence, permit, certificate, or other authority granted under and for the purposes of this Act; or
make or cause to be made in any book, record, return, declaration, or statement directed by this Act to be kept or made, any entry or writing which is to the person’s knowledge false in any material particular; or
knowingly or recklessly furnish information in a camping form that is false or misleading in a material particular; or
connive at any such forging, counterfeiting, uttering, making use, fixing, making, using, personating, making of the entry or writing or furnishing of the information, as aforesaid.
Maximum penalty—
for a first offence—1,000 penalty units or 1 year imprisonment; and
for a subsequent offence—3,000 penalty units or 2 years imprisonment.
s 87 amd 1976 No. 9 s 9 ; 1991 No. 13 s 26 ; 1997 No. 20 s 14
- (a) forge or counterfeit any licence, permit, certificate, or other authority granted under and for the purposes of this Act; or
- (b) utter, or make use of any such licence, permit, certificate, or other authority so forged or counterfeited; or
- (c) counterfeit or unlawfully fix to any forest products any mark used by and appropriated for the use of forest officers, or unlawfully alter, remove, disfigure, or obliterate any mark placed upon any forest products by any forest officer; or
- (d) without due authority, make or cause to be made, or use or cause to be used, or have in the person’s possession, a brand or stamp which resembles or purports to be a brand or stamp such as is usually used by forest officers; or
- (e) unlawfully alter, obliterate, deface, pull up, remove, or destroy any boundary-mark or any notice which has been posted, erected or displayed in any place for the purposes of this Act; or
- (f) personate any person named in any licence, permit, certificate, or other authority granted under and for the purposes of this Act; or
- (g) make or cause to be made in any book, record, return, declaration, or statement directed by this Act to be kept or made, any entry or writing which is to the person’s knowledge false in any material particular; or
- (h) knowingly or recklessly furnish information in a camping form that is false or misleading in a material particular; or
- (i) connive at any such forging, counterfeiting, uttering, making use, fixing, making, using, personating, making of the entry or writing or furnishing of the information, as aforesaid.
- (a) for a first offence—1,000 penalty units or 1 year imprisonment; and
- (b) for a subsequent offence—3,000 penalty units or 2 years imprisonment.