CRIMINAL PROCEDURE ACT 2004 - SECT 173
CRIMINAL PROCEDURE ACT 2004 - SECT 173
173 . Unauthorised documents
A person must not
—
(a) sign
or authenticate a prosecution notice, indictment, summons, court hearing
notice or witness summons, knowing that he or she is not authorised to do so;
or
(b)
lodge a prosecution notice or an indictment knowing —
(i)
that it has been signed by a person who is not authorised
to sign it; or
(ii)
that it has been authenticated by a person who is not
authorised to authenticate it.
Penalty: imprisonment for 12 months or a fine of
$12 000.
[Section 173 inserted: No. 20 of 2013 s. 53.]