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Status of Children Act 1996
32Offence: Personating another in or proffering another child for a parentage testing procedure
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#### 32 Offence: Personating another in or proffering another child for a parentage testing procedure
32 Offence: Personating another in or proffering another child for a parentage testing procedure
> A person must not—
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> > (a) undergo a parentage testing procedure under a parentage testing order or other procedure ordered under section 27 for the purpose of personating the person who is required by the order to undergo the procedure, or
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> > (b) proffer a child for the purpose of undergoing a parentage testing procedure under a parentage testing order or other procedure ordered under section 27 knowing that the child is not the child named in the order.
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> Maximum penalty—5 penalty units.