CRIMINAL LAW CONSOLIDATION ACT 1935 - SECT 144B

CRIMINAL LAW CONSOLIDATION ACT 1935 - SECT 144B

144B—False identity etc

        (1)         A person who—

            (a)         assumes a false identity; or

            (b)         falsely pretends—

                  (i)         to have particular qualifications; or

                  (ii)         to have, or to be entitled to act in, a particular capacity,

makes a false pretence to which this section applies.

        (2)         A person who assumes a false identity makes a false pretence to which this section applies even though the person acts with the consent of the person whose identity is falsely assumed.

        (3)         A person who makes a false pretence to which this section applies intending, by doing so, to commit, or facilitate the commission of, a serious criminal offence is guilty of an offence and liable to the penalty appropriate to an attempt to commit the serious criminal offence.