sec.159Wrongful dealing with genuine evidence of age

### sec.159 Wrongful dealing with genuine evidence of age A person must not knowingly give a document that is evidence of age of the person mentioned in the document (the specified person ) to someone else, if the person giving the document knows or has reasonable grounds to suspect that the document may be used— as evidence of age, under this Act, of someone other than the specified person; or to obtain a document that is acceptable evidence of the age of a person for someone other than the specified person. Maximum penalty—40 penalty units. A person must not wilfully or negligently deface or interfere with a document that is acceptable evidence of age for the purposes of this Act of the person or another person. Maximum penalty—40 penalty units. s 159 amd 1994 No. 59 s 59 ; 2001 No. 39 s 107 ; 2008 No. 72 s 53 ; 2016 No. 4 s 51 (sec.159-ssec.1) A person must not knowingly give a document that is evidence of age of the person mentioned in the document (the specified person ) to someone else, if the person giving the document knows or has reasonable grounds to suspect that the document may be used— as evidence of age, under this Act, of someone other than the specified person; or to obtain a document that is acceptable evidence of the age of a person for someone other than the specified person. Maximum penalty—40 penalty units. (sec.159-ssec.2) A person must not wilfully or negligently deface or interfere with a document that is acceptable evidence of age for the purposes of this Act of the person or another person. Maximum penalty—40 penalty units. - (a) as evidence of age, under this Act, of someone other than the specified person; or - (b) to obtain a document that is acceptable evidence of the age of a person for someone other than the specified person.