sec.213Forgery and uttering Act documents

sec.213 Forgery and uttering Act documents

A person must not— forge an Act document; or knowingly utter an Act document that is forged. Maximum penalty—200 penalty units or 2 years imprisonment. A person must not pretend to be a person named in an Act document, whether or not the person refers to the document. If a person steals an authorised officer’s identity card, the person must not pretend to be the authorised officer identified in the card. A person must not pretend to be an authorised officer by telling someone else that the person is an authorised officer. Maximum penalty—200 penalty units or 2 years imprisonment. In this section— forge includes counterfeit. (sec.213-ssec.1) A person must not— forge an Act document; or knowingly utter an Act document that is forged. Maximum penalty—200 penalty units or 2 years imprisonment. (sec.213-ssec.2) A person must not pretend to be a person named in an Act document, whether or not the person refers to the document. If a person steals an authorised officer’s identity card, the person must not pretend to be the authorised officer identified in the card. A person must not pretend to be an authorised officer by telling someone else that the person is an authorised officer. Maximum penalty—200 penalty units or 2 years imprisonment. (sec.213-ssec.3) In this section— forge includes counterfeit.

• (a) forge an Act document; or
• (b) knowingly utter an Act document that is forged.
• 1 If a person steals an authorised officer’s identity card, the person must not pretend to be the authorised officer identified in the card.
• 2 A person must not pretend to be an authorised officer by telling someone else that the person is an authorised officer.