Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2006C00152:clause:1_15:p30
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2006C00152
Segment Type: clause
Provision Reference: sch 1 cl 15 (pt 30/39)
Character Range: 101944–104550

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 is guilty of 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 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 in the third person's capacity as a public official 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 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 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 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 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