Navigation Act 1912
68Offences in relation to certificates of discharge
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68 Offences in relation to certificates of discharge
(1) A person shall not: (a) sign or give a false certificate of discharge; (b) forge or fraudulently alter a certificate of discharge; (c) fraudulently use, or fraudulently produce to a proper authority, a certificate of discharge that is forged, is altered or does not relate to the person; or (d) allow a person to use fraudulently a certificate of discharge that does not relate to the last‑mentioned person.
Penalty: $5,000 or imprisonment for 2 years, or both.
(2) In this section:
certificate of discharge includes a copy of such a certificate.