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s 114

Presenting forged consent, &c.

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Part VIIMiscellaneous
Division 2Offences

114 Presenting forged consent, &c.

Any person who presents, or causes to be presented, to the court in connection with an application for an order for the adoption of a child under this Act a document purporting to be an instrument of consent to the adoption signed by a person whose consent to the adoption is required by this Act knowing –

that the signature is, or was, forged or obtained by fraud, duress, or other improper means; or that the document has been altered after it has been signed, otherwise than by the person signing it –

is guilty of an offence.

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