Forgery

A person is guilty of an offence if:
- the person makes a false document with the intention that the person or another will use it:
- to dishonestly induce a third person in the third person's capacity as a public official to accept it as genuine; and
- 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
- the capacity is a capacity as a Commonwealth public official.
Penalty: Imprisonment for 10 years.

A person is guilty of an offence if:
- the person makes a false document with the intention that the person or another will use it:
- to dishonestly cause a computer, a machine or an electronic device to respond to the document as if the document were genuine; and
- 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
- the response is in connection with the operations of a Commonwealth entity.
Penalty: Imprisonment for 10 years.

A person is guilty of an offence if:
- the person makes a false document with the intention that the person or another will use it:
- to dishonestly induce a third person to accept it as genuine; and
- 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
- the false document is a false Commonwealth document.
Penalty: Imprisonment for 10 years.

A person is guilty of an offence if:
- the person makes a false document with the intention that the person or another will use it:
- to dishonestly cause a computer, a machine or an electronic device to respond to the document as if the document were genuine; and
- 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
- the false document is a false Commonwealth document.
Penalty: Imprisonment for 10 years.