South Australian Consolidated Acts

BIRTHS, DEATHS AND MARRIAGES REGISTRATION ACT 1996 - SECT 53

53—Falsification of certificate etc

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

Maximum penalty: $10 000 or imprisonment for 2 years.

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

Maximum 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; or

            (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.