Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2025C00060:section:8:p189
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2025C00060
Segment Type: section
Provision Reference: s 8 (pt 189/268)
Character Range: 842908–845570

obtaining a gain, dishonestly causing a loss, or dishonestly influencing the exercise of a public duty or function; and
 (b) the capacity is a capacity as a Commonwealth public official.
Penalty: Imprisonment for 10 years.
 (2) In a prosecution for an offence against subsection (1), it is not necessary to prove that the defendant knew that the capacity was a capacity as a Commonwealth public official.
 (3) A person commits an offence if:
 (a) the person knows that a document is a false document and uses it with the intention of:
 (i) dishonestly causing 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, dishonestly obtaining a gain, dishonestly causing a loss, or dishonestly influencing the exercise of a public duty or function; and
 (b) 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 commits an offence if:
 (a) the person knows that a document is a false document and uses it with the intention of:
 (i) dishonestly inducing another person to accept it as genuine; and
 (ii) if it is so accepted, dishonestly obtaining a gain, dishonestly causing a loss, or dishonestly influencing 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 commits an offence if:
 (a) the person knows that a document is a false document and uses it with the intention of:
 (i) dishonestly causing 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, dishonestly obtaining a gain, dishonestly causing a loss, or dishonestly influencing 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.

145.2  Possession of forged document
 (1) A person commits 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