New South Wales Consolidated Acts

ROAD TRANSPORT (DRIVER LICENSING) ACT 1998 - SECT 23

23 Unlawful possession of driver licence

(1) A person who, without lawful authority or excuse, has in his or her possession:

(a) an Australian driver licence, or

(b) any article resembling an Australian driver licence and calculated to deceive,

is guilty of an offence.

Maximum penalty: 20 penalty units.

(2) A person who alters a driver licence in a way that is calculated to deceive is guilty of an offence.

Maximum penalty: 20 penalty units.

(3) A person who produces a driver licence altered in a manner that is calculated to deceive is guilty of an offence.

Maximum penalty: 20 penalty units.

(4) A person who forges or fraudulently alters or uses, or fraudulently lends or allows to be used by any other person, a driver licence is guilty of an offence.

Maximum penalty: 20 penalty units.