CRIMINAL CODE 2002 - SECT 348 Possessing false document

CRIMINAL CODE 2002 - SECT 348

A person commits an offence if the person has in the person's possession a false document, knowing that it is false, with the intention that the person or someone else will use it—

        (a)     to dishonestly induce another person ( C ) to accept it as genuine; and

        (b)     because C accepts it as genuine, to dishonestly—

              (i)     obtain a gain; or

              (ii)     cause a loss; or

              (iii)     influence the exercise of a public duty.

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