Commonwealth Consolidated Acts

NAVIGATION ACT 1912 - SECT 68

             (1)  A person shall not:

                     (a)  sign or give a false certificate of discharge;

                     (b)  forge or fraudulently alter a certificate of discharge;

                     (c)  fraudulently use, or fraudulently produce to a proper authority, a certificate of discharge that is forged, is altered or does not relate to the person; or

                     (d)  allow a person to use fraudulently a certificate of discharge that does not relate to the last‑mentioned person.

Penalty:  $5,000 or imprisonment for 2 years, or both.

             (2)  In this section:

"certificate of discharge" includes a copy of such a certificate.