Possessing False Document Equipment Without Reasonable Excuse
Possessing False Document Equipment Without Reasonable Excuse is an offence under section 256(2) of the Crimes Act 1900, which carries a maximum penalty of 3 years in prison.
To establish the offence, the prosecution must prove beyond reasonable doubt that:
- You made or possessed equipment, material or any other item designed or adapted to make false documents
- You knew it was designed or adapted for that purpose, and
- You did not have a reasonable excuse for possessing it.
A ‘false document’ is one which purports to have been:
- Made in a form or in terms by a person who did not make it in that form or in those terms
- Made in a form or in terms, or altered in any way on authority, by a person who did not authorise it or did not exist, or
- Made or altered on an incorrect date or at an incorrect place.
Duress is a defence to the charge.
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