BIRTHS, DEATHS AND MARRIAGES REGISTRATION ACT 1996 - SECT 55 Falsification of certificate, etc.
BIRTHS, DEATHS AND MARRIAGES REGISTRATION ACT 1996 - SECT 55
Falsification of certificate, etc.(1) A person must not forge the Registrar's signature or seal.
Penalty: 100 penalty units or 2 years imprisonment or both.
(2) A person must not forge or falsify a certificate or other document under this Act.
Penalty: 100 penalty units or 2 years imprisonment 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.
S. 56 amended by Nos 29/2004 s. 7, 20/2022 s. 47.