Seizure of document wrongly used as evidence of age
257 Seizure of document wrongly used as evidence of age
If a contravention of section 255 consists in production of—
a genuine document that is, for the purposes of this Act, acceptable evidence of age of the person specified in the document; or
a false document that could reasonably be taken, for the purposes of this Act, to be genuine acceptable evidence of age;
the person to whom the document is produced must seize and confiscate the document and give it to an inspector or a police officer.Maximum penalty—25 penalty units.
A person does not commit an offence by contravening subsection (1) if the person is not aware of the falsity of the representation as to age made by producing the document.
Subsection (1) does not require a person to seize or confiscate a document stored or displayed on a digital device if—
the device is used in the contravention of section 255; and
in contravening the section a person produced the device to display the following things, or an image or other design purporting to be the thing—
a digital authority;
a digital evidence of age;
a digital evidence of identity.
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