CRIMES ACT 1900 - SECT 255 Possession of false document

CRIMES ACT 1900 - SECT 255

255 Possession of false document

A person who has in his or her possession a false document, knowing that it is false, with the intention that the person or another will use it--

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

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

(i) to obtain any property belonging to another, or

(ii) to obtain any financial advantage or cause any financial disadvantage, or

(iii) to influence the exercise of a public duty,

: Maximum penalty--Imprisonment for 10 years.