Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2004A01124:clause:1_54ab
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2004A01124
Segment Type: clause
Provision Reference: sch 1 cl 54AB
Character Range: 49272–49758

54AB  Damage etc. to documents

 (1) A person is guilty of an offence if:
 (a) the person damages, destroys, alters, conceals or falsifies a document; and
 (b) the document is created, retained or issued for the purposes of this Act, or for purposes that include the purposes of this Act.

Maximum penalty: Imprisonment for 5 years or 2,000 penalty units, or both.

 (2) Strict liability applies to paragraph (1)(b).

Note: For strict liability, see section 6.1 of the Criminal Code.