Section 307C — Crimes Act 1900 (NSW)

(1) A person is guilty of an offence if—
(a) the person produces a document to another person, and
(b) the person does so knowing that the document is false or misleading, and
(c) the document is produced in compliance or purported compliance with a law of the State.
(2) Subsection (1) does not apply if the document is not false or misleading in a material particular.
(3) Subsection (1) does not apply to a person who produces a document if the document is accompanied by a written statement signed by the person or, in the case of a body corporate, by a competent officer of the body corporate—
(a) stating that the document is, to the knowledge of the first-mentioned person, false or misleading in a material particular, and
(b) setting out, or referring to, the material particular in which the document is, to the knowledge of the first-mentioned person, false or misleading.
(4) The burden of establishing a matter referred to in subsection (2) or (3) lies on the accused person.

Related sections

• s 256 — Making or possession of equipment etc for making false documents
• s 307A — False or misleading applications
• s 307B — False or misleading information
• s 308 — General definitions
• s 308A — Meaning of access to data, modification of data and impairment of electronic communication
• s 308B — Meaning of unauthorised access, modification or impairment

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