Northern Territory Consolidated Acts

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BIRTHS, DEATHS AND MARRIAGES REGISTRATION ACT - SECT 51

Falsification of certificate, &c.

51. Falsification of certificate, &c.

(1) A person shall not forge the Registrar's signature or seal.

Penalty: $10,000 or imprisonment for 2 years.

(2) A person shall not forge or falsify a certificate or other document under this Act.

Penalty: $10,000 or imprisonment for 2 years.

(3) The Registrar may impound -

(a) a document which the Registrar has reason to believe bears a forged impression of the Registrar's signature or seal;

(b) a certificate or other document purporting to be a certificate or other document under this Act which the Registrar has reason to believe has been forged or falsified; or

(c) a certificate under this Act about a registrable event if the entry in the Register about the event has been cancelled or corrected since the issue of the certificate.



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