Sch 1 (The Criminal Code), s 499
In forceFalsification of registers
Schedule 1The Criminal Code
Part 6Offences relating to property and contracts
Division 3Forgery and like offences—personation
499 Falsification of registers
(1)
Any person who, having the actual custody of any register or record kept by lawful authority, knowingly permits any entry which, in any material particular, is to the person’s knowledge false, to be made in the register or record is guilty of a crime, and is liable to imprisonment for 7 years.
(2)
The offender can not be arrested without warrant. sch 1 pt 6 div 3 ch 49 s 499 amd 1988 No. 88 s 5 sch 2
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