Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2006C00152:clause:1_15:p31
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2006C00152
Segment Type: clause
Provision Reference: sch 1 cl 15 (pt 31/39)
Character Range: 104305–106879

the response is in connection with the operations of a Commonwealth entity.

Penalty: Imprisonment for 10 years.

 (4) In a prosecution for an offence against subsection (3), it is not necessary to prove that the defendant knew that the response was in connection with the operations of a Commonwealth entity.

 (5) A person is guilty of an offence if:
 (a) the person knows that a document is a false document and has it in his or her possession with the intention that the person or another will use it:
 (i) to dishonestly induce a third person to accept it as genuine; and
 (ii) if it is so accepted, to dishonestly obtain a gain, dishonestly cause a loss, or dishonestly influence the exercise of a public duty or function; and
 (b) the false document is a false Commonwealth document.

Penalty: Imprisonment for 10 years.

 (6) In a prosecution for an offence against subsection (5), it is not necessary to prove that the defendant knew that the false document was a false Commonwealth document.

 (7) A person is guilty of an offence if:
 (a) the person knows that a document is a false document and has it in his or her possession with the intention that the person or another will use it:
 (i) to dishonestly cause a computer, a machine or an electronic device to respond to the document as if the document were genuine; and
 (ii) if it is so responded to, to dishonestly obtain a gain, dishonestly cause a loss, or dishonestly influence the exercise of a public duty or function; and
 (b) the false document is a false Commonwealth document.

Penalty: Imprisonment for 10 years.

 (8) In a prosecution for an offence against subsection (7), it is not necessary to prove that the defendant knew that the false document was a false Commonwealth document.

145.3  Possession, making or adaptation of devices etc. for making forgeries

 (1) A person is guilty of an offence if:
 (a) the person knows that a device, material or other thing is designed or adapted for the making of a false document (whether or not the device, material or thing is designed or adapted for another purpose); and
 (b) the person has the device, material or thing in his or her possession with the intention that the person or another person will use it to commit an offence against section 144.1.

Penalty: Imprisonment for 10 years.

 (2) A person is guilty of an offence if:
 (a) the person makes or adapts a device, material or other thing; and
 (b) the person knows that the device, material or other thing is designed or adapted for the making of a false document (whether or not the