Births, Deaths and Marriages Registration Act 1996

A person must not forge the Registrar's signature or seal. Maximum penalty: $10 000 or imprisonment for 2 years.

A person must not forge or falsify a certificate or other document under this Act. Maximum penalty: $10 000 or imprisonment for 2 years.

The Registrar may impound—

a document which the Registrar has reason to believe bears a forged impression of the Registrar's signature or seal; or

a certificate or other document purporting to be a certificate or other document under this Act which the Registrar has reason to believe has been forged or falsified; or

a certificate under this Act about a registrable event if the entry in the Register about the event has been cancelled or corrected since the issue of the certificate.