CRIMES ACT 1900 - SECT 337 False instruments issued by public officers
CRIMES ACT 1900 - SECT 337
False instruments issued by public officers337 False instruments issued by public officers
A public officer who, being authorised or required to issue an instrument whereby any person may be prejudicially affected, issues the instrument for an improper purpose knowing it to be false in a material particular is liable to imprisonment for 5 years.