Forging and uttering
10 Forging and uttering
Forging
For the purposes of this Act, a person is taken to have forged a document if the person:
makes a document which is false, knowing it to be false; or
without authority, alters a genuine document in a material particular;
with intent that:
the false or altered document may be used, acted on, or accepted, as genuine, to the prejudice of another person; or
another person may, in the belief that it is genuine, be induced to do or refrain from doing an act.
For the purposes of this Act, if a person:
makes a document which is false, knowing it to be false; or
without authority, alters a genuine document in a material particular;
with intent that a computer, a machine or other device should respond to the false or altered document as if it were genuine:
to the prejudice of another person; or
with the result that another person would be induced to do or refrain from doing an act;
the first‑mentioned person is taken to have forged the document.
Uttering
For the purposes of this Act, a person is taken to utter a forged document if the person:
uses or deals with it; or
attempts to use or deal with it; or
attempts to induce another person to use, deal with, act upon, or accept it.
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