ADOPTION ACT 1984 - SECT 126 Presenting forged consent etc.

ADOPTION ACT 1984 - SECT 126

Any person who presents, or causes to be presented, to the Court in connexion with an application for an order for the adoption of a child under this Act a document purporting to be an instrument of consent to the adoption signed by a person whose consent to the adoption is required by this Act knowing—

S. 126(a) amended by No. 69/1989 s. 7(5)(a).

        (a)     that the signature is or was obtained by fraud or duress; or

S. 126(ab) inserted by No. 69/1989 s. 7(5)(b).

        (ab)     that the document is false within the meaning of section 83A(6) of the Crimes Act 1958 ; or

        (b)     that the instrument has been altered after it has been signed (otherwise than by the person signing it)—

shall be guilty of an offence and liable—

S. 126(c) inserted by No. 69/1989 s. 7(4).

        (c)     in the case of a body corporate, to a penalty of not more than 500 penalty units; or

S. 126(d) inserted by No. 69/1989 s. 7(4).

        (d)     in any other case, to a penalty of not more than 100 penalty units or to imprisonment for not more than 2 years or both.

No. 7147 s. 54.

S. 127 amended by No. 69/1989 s. 7(2).