Criminal Code Act 1983

(b) person A engages in the conduct mentioned in paragraph (a) with the intention:

(i) that person A or another person (person B) will use the document to induce another person (person C) to accept it as genuine; and

(ii) because person C accepts it as genuine – that person A, person B or another person obtains a gain, causes a loss or influences the exercise of a public duty; and

Maximum penalty: Imprisonment for 10 years.

Note for subsection (1)(c)

See section 43AGA in relation to the meaning of and fault element for dishonest conduct.

(2) Subsection (1)(b) is the fault element for the conduct in subsection (1)(a).

(3) To avoid doubt, for subsection (1)(b)(i), it is not necessary to prove an intention to induce a particular person to accept the false document as genuine.