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CRIMES ACT 1914 SECT 85G
85G Forgery of postage stamps etc.
- (1)
- A person shall not forge a postage stamp.
Penalty: Imprisonment for 10 years.
- (2)
- A person shall not utter a postage stamp knowing it to
be forged.
Penalty: Imprisonment for 10 years.
- (3)
- A person shall not make, use, have in his or her
possession, or sell or otherwise dispose of, any paper or
article that has affixed to it, or printed on it, a mark,
label or design resembling, apparently intended to
resemble or pass for, or likely to be mistaken for, a
postage stamp, knowing it is not a postage stamp.
Penalty: Imprisonment for 5 years.
- (4)
- A person shall not make, use, have in his or her
possession, or sell or otherwise dispose of, any article
resembling, apparently intended to resemble or pass for,
or likely to be mistaken for, an envelope, letter-card,
aerogram or other article on which Australia Post has
caused a postage stamp to be affixed or printed, knowing
that it is not such an article.
Penalty: Imprisonment for 5 years.
- (5)
- A person shall not make, use, have in his or her
possession, or sell or otherwise dispose of, any die,
plate or instrument capable of making a mark, label or
design in the form of, or in a form resembling, apparently
intended to resemble or pass for, or likely to be mistaken
for, a postage stamp, knowing that it is such a die, plate
or instrument.
Penalty: Imprisonment for 5 years.
- (5A)
- Subsections (3), (4) and (5) do not apply if the
person has a reasonable excuse.
Note: A defendant bears an evidential
burden in relation to the matter in subsection (5A)
(see subsection
13.3(3) of the Criminal Code ).
- (6)
- A person shall be taken to utter a forged postage stamp
if the person:
- (a)
- tenders it or puts it off; or
- (c)
- uses or deals with it; or
- (e)
- attempts to induce any person to use, deal with, act
on or accept it.
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