s 114
In forcePresenting forged consent, &c.
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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