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BIRTHS, DEATHS AND MARRIAGES REGISTRATION ACT 1999 - SECT 56

56. Falsification of certificate

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

Penalty:

Fine not exceeding 100 penalty units or imprisonment for a term not exceeding 2 years, or both.

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

Penalty:

Fine not exceeding 100 penalty units or imprisonment for a term not exceeding 2 years, or both.

      (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.



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