CRIMES ACT 1900 - SECT 254 Using false document

CRIMES ACT 1900 - SECT 254

254 Using false document

A person who uses a false document, knowing that it is false, with the intention of--

(a) inducing some person to accept it as genuine, and

(b) because of its being accepted as genuine--

(i) obtaining any property belonging to another, or

(ii) obtaining any financial advantage or causing any financial disadvantage, or

(iii) influencing the exercise of a public duty,

: Maximum penalty--Imprisonment for 10 years.