Criminal Code Act 1899 - Queensland Legislation

Schedule 1 The Criminal CodePart 6 Offences relating to property and contractsChapter 49 Punishment of forgery and like offences[s 498](2) Subsection (1) applies whether or not the document iscomplete and even though it is not, or does not purport to be,binding in law.(3) In this section—registration document means a document kept or issued bythe registrar under the Births, Deaths and MarriagesRegistration Act 2003 or an equivalent document kept orissued under a law of another jurisdiction, inside or outsideAustralia.498 Falsifying warrants for money payable under publicauthorityAny person, who, being employed in the public service,knowingly and with intent to defraud makes out or delivers toany person a warrant for the payment of any money payableby public authority for a greater or less amount than that towhich the person on whose behalf the warrant is made out isentitled is guilty of a crime, and is liable to imprisonment for7 years.499 Falsification of registers(1) Any person who, having the actual custody of any register orrecord kept by lawful authority, knowingly permits any entrywhich, in any material particular, is to the person’s knowledgefalse, 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.500 Sending false certificate of marriage to registrarAny person who signs or transmits to a person authorised bylaw to register marriages a certificate of marriage, or anydocument purporting to be a certificate of marriage, which, inany material particular, is to the person’s knowledge false, isguilty of a crime, and is liable to imprisonment for 7 years.Page 308 Current as at 1 December 2014