Australian Capital Territory Current Acts

CRIMINAL CODE 2002 - SECT 347

A person commits an offence if the person uses a false document, knowing that it is false, with the intention of—

        (a)     dishonestly inducing someone else to accept it as genuine; and

        (b)     because the other person accepts it as genuine, dishonestly—

              (i)     obtaining a gain; or

              (ii)     causing a loss; or

              (iii)     influencing the exercise of a public duty.

Maximum penalty: 1 000 penalty units, imprisonment for 10 years or both.