Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2025C00060:section:8:p192
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2025C00060
Segment Type: section
Provision Reference: s 8 (pt 192/268)
Character Range: 850046–852792

matter in paragraph (3)(c). See subsection 13.3(3).
 (4) A person commits 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 Commonwealth document (whether or not the device, material or thing is designed or adapted for another purpose).
Penalty: Imprisonment for 2 years.
Note: See also section 10.5 (lawful authority).

145.4  Falsification of documents etc.
 (1) A person commits an offence if:
 (a) the person dishonestly damages, destroys, alters, conceals or falsifies a document; and
 (b) the document is:
 (i) kept, retained or issued for the purposes of a law of the Commonwealth; or
 (ii) made by a Commonwealth entity or a person in the capacity of a Commonwealth public official; or
 (iii) held by a Commonwealth entity or a person in the capacity of a Commonwealth public official; and
 (c) the first‑mentioned person does so with the intention of:
 (i) obtaining a gain; or
 (ii) causing a loss.
Penalty: Imprisonment for 7 years.
 (1A) Absolute liability applies to the paragraph (1)(b) element of the offence.
 (2) A person commits an offence if:
 (a) the person dishonestly damages, destroys, alters, conceals or falsifies a document; and
 (b) the person does so with the intention of:
 (i) obtaining a gain from another person; or
 (ii) causing a loss to another person; and
 (c) the other person is a Commonwealth entity.
Penalty: Imprisonment for 7 years.
 (3) In a prosecution for an offence against subsection (2), it is not necessary to prove that the defendant knew that the other person was a Commonwealth entity.

145.5  Giving information derived from false or misleading documents
 (1) A person commits an offence if:
 (a) the person dishonestly gives information to another person; and
 (b) the information was derived, directly or indirectly, from a document that, to the knowledge of the first‑mentioned person, is false or misleading in a material particular; and
 (c) the document is:
 (i) kept, retained or issued for the purposes of a law of the Commonwealth; or
 (ii) made by a Commonwealth entity or a person in the capacity of a Commonwealth public official; or
 (iii) held by a Commonwealth entity or a person in the capacity of a Commonwealth public official; and
 (d) the first‑mentioned person does so with the intention of:
 (i) obtaining a gain; or
 (ii) causing a loss.
Penalty: Imprisonment for 7 years.
 (1A) Absolute liability applies to the paragraph (1)(c) element of the offence.
 (2) A person commits an offence if:
 (a) the person dishonestly gives information to another person; and
 (b) the information was derived, directly or indirectly, from