Criminal Code Act 1995
Section 3
CHAPTER 7 - THE PROPER ADMINISTRATION OF GOVERNMENT Part 7.7 - Forgery and related offences Division 143 - Preliminary SECTION 143.1 Definitions (1)In this Part:
(a) any paper or other material on which there is writing; or
(b) any paper or other material on which there are marks, figures, symbols or perforations that are:
(i) capable of being given a meaning by persons qualified to interpret them; or
(ii) capable of being responded to by a computer, a machine or an electronic device; or
(c) any article or material (for example, a disk or a tape) from which information is capable of being reproduced with or without the aid of any other article or device.
false Commonwealth document
has the meaning given by section
143.3
.
false document
has the meaning given by section
143.2
.
information
means information, whether in the form of data, text, sounds, images or in any other form.
(2)
The following are examples of things covered by the definition of document in subsection (1) :
(a) a credit card;
(b) a debit card;
(c) a card by means of which property can be obtained.
Disclaimer and notice of copyright applicable to materials provided by CCH Australia Limited
CCH Australia Limited ("CCH") believes that all information which it has provided in this site is accurate and reliable, but gives no warranty of accuracy or reliability of such information to the reader or any third party. The information provided by CCH is not legal or professional advice. To the extent permitted by law, no responsibility for damages or loss arising in any way out of or in connection with or incidental to any errors or omissions in any information provided is accepted by CCH or by persons involved in the preparation and provision of the information, whether arising from negligence or otherwise, from the use of or results obtained from information supplied by CCH.
The information provided by CCH includes history notes and other value-added features which are subject to CCH copyright. No CCH material may be copied, reproduced, republished, uploaded, posted, transmitted, or distributed in any way, except that you may download one copy for your personal use only, provided you keep intact all copyright and other proprietary notices. In particular, the reproduction of any part of the information for sale or incorporation in any product intended for sale is prohibited without CCH's prior consent.
