Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2025C00060:section:8:p191
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2025C00060
Segment Type: section
Provision Reference: s 8 (pt 191/268)
Character Range: 847691–850280

(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 commits 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 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 document (whether or not the device, material or thing is designed or adapted for another purpose); and
 (c) the person makes or adapts the device, material or thing 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.
 (3) A person commits an offence if:
 (a) the person knows that a 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); and
 (b) the person has the device, material or thing in his or her possession; and
 (c) the person does not have a reasonable excuse for having the device, material or thing in his or her possession.
Penalty: Imprisonment for 2 years.
Note: A defendant bears an evidential burden in relation to the 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