New South Wales Consolidated Acts New South Wales Consolidated Acts(cf 1989 Act s 46)
A person must not:
(a) falsely represent himself or herself to be the holder of a licence or permit (whether or not it is in force), or
(c) give possession of a licence or permit to another person for the purpose of using it unlawfully, or
(d) steal a licence or permit, or
(e) knowingly have possession of a forged, fraudulently altered, borrowed or stolen licence or permit.
Maximum penalty: 50 penalty units or imprisonment for 2 years, or both.
Note: It is an offence under section 300 (1) of the Crimes Act 1900 to make a false instrument (such as a forged or fraudulently altered firearms licence) with the intention that it will be used by somebody to induce another person to accept it as genuine and (because of that acceptance) to do (or not do) some act to that other person’s prejudice. The penalty for such an offence is imprisonment for 10 years.