Criminal Code Act 1995

A person commits an offence if:

the person knows that a document is a false document and uses it with the intention of:

dishonestly inducing another person in the other person’s capacity as a public official to accept it as genuine; and

if it is so accepted, dishonestly obtaining a gain, dishonestly causing a loss, or dishonestly influencing the exercise of a public duty or function; and

the capacity is a capacity as a Commonwealth public official.

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.

A person commits an offence if:

the person knows that a document is a false document and uses it with the intention of:

dishonestly causing 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, dishonestly obtaining a gain, dishonestly causing a loss, or dishonestly influencing the exercise of a public duty or function; and

the response is in connection with the operations of a Commonwealth entity.

In a prosecution for an offence against subsection (3), it is not necessary to prove that the defendant knew that the response was in connection with the operations of a Commonwealth entity.

A person commits an offence if:

the person knows that a document is a false document and uses it with the intention of:

dishonestly inducing another person to accept it as genuine; and

if it is so accepted, dishonestly obtaining a gain, dishonestly causing a loss, or dishonestly influencing the exercise of a public duty or function; and

the false document is a false Commonwealth document.

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.

A person commits an offence if:

the person knows that a document is a false document and uses it with the intention of:

dishonestly causing 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, dishonestly obtaining a gain, dishonestly causing a loss, or dishonestly influencing the exercise of a public duty or function; and

the false document is a false Commonwealth document.

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.