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Motor Vehicles Act 1949
115Obtaining permit, licence, &c., by misrepresentation
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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;
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(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.