Making or adapting instrument or material for forgery
256 Making or adapting instrument or material for forgery
A person commits an offence if:
the person makes or adapts a device, material or other thing; and
(b) the device, material or other thing is designed or adapted to make a false document and the person has knowledge of that circumstance; and
(c) the person engages in the conduct mentioned in paragraph (a) with the intention:
(i) to use the device, material or other thing to commit an offence against section 253; or
(ii) for another person to use the device, material or other thing to commit an offence against section 253.
Maximum penalty: Imprisonment for 7 years.
(2) Subsection (1)(c) is the fault element for the conduct in subsection (1)(a).
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