If a person—
(a)
forges or procures to be forged or assists in forging, or fraudulently affixes
or procures to be affixed or assists in affixing, the seal of the
Registrar-General, or an impression or part of an impression of the seal, to
an instrument or other document; or
(b)
forges or procures to be forged or assists in forging the name, signature or
handwriting of—
(i)
the Registrar-General; or
(ii)
a person engaged in the administration of this Act in any
case where the person is by this Act expressly or impliedly authorised to
affix his or her signature; or
(c)
fraudulently stamps or causes to be stamped an instrument or other document
with the seal of the Registrar-General or with a seal purporting to be the
seal of the Registrar-General; or
(d)
forges or procures to be forged or assists in forging the name, signature or
handwriting of a person to an instrument or other document that is under this
Act expressly or impliedly authorised to be signed, certified or executed by
the person; or
(e)
uses, with an intention to defraud a person—
(i)
a document on which an impression or part of the
impression of a seal of the Registrar-General has been forged or fraudulently
affixed knowing that the seal is forged or fraudulently affixed; or
(ii)
a document the signature to which has been forged knowing
that the signature has been forged,
the person is guilty of an offence.
Maximum penalty: $50 000 or imprisonment for 10 years.