115Obtaining permit, licence, &c., by misrepresentation

115 Obtaining permit, licence, &c., by misrepresentation (1) A person shall not: (a) by any false statement or misrepresentation obtain or attempt to obtain a permit, licence, certificate, pass or label under this Act; (b) without lawful excuse, have in his or her possession a permit, licence, certificate, pass, label or number plate granted or issued under this Act, or any article resembling, or purporting to be, a permit, licence, certificate, pass, label or number plate and calculated to deceive; Motor Vehicles Act 1949 103 (c) forge or fraudulently alter or use, or fraudulently lend or allow to be used by any person, any permit, licence, certificate, pass, label or number plate, or mark for identifying a motor vehicle, granted or issued under this Act; or (d) own or drive upon a public street any unregistered motor vehicle having upon it any numbers or number plate of a description prescribed to be affixed to registered motor vehicles, and calculated to deceive. (2) If an inspector or officer: (a) inspects a permit, licence, certificate, pass, label, number plate or a thing resembling a permit, licence, certificate, pass, label or number plate; and (b) reasonably believes that it was obtained or is being used or is intended to be used in contravention of subsection (1), he or she may seize the permit, licence, certificate, pass, label, number plate or thing.