Forgery and Counterfeiting Act 1981
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Change 1
9 Meaning of “false” and “making”.
(1) An instrument is false for the purposes of this Part of this Act— (a) if it purports to have been made in the form in which it is made by a person who did not in fact make it in that form; or (b) if it purports to have been made in the form in which it is made on the authority of a person who did not in fact authorise its making in that form; or (c) if it purports to have been made in the terms in which it is made by a person who did not in fact make it in those terms; or (d) if it purports to have been made in the terms in which it is made on the authority of a person who did not in fact authorise its making in those terms; or (e) if it purports to have been altered in any respect by a person who did not in fact alter it in that respect; or (f) if it purports to have been altered in any respect on the authority of a person who did not in fact authorise the alteration in that respect; or (g) if it purports to have been made or altered on a date on which, or at a place at which, or otherwise in circumstances in which, it was not in fact made or altered; or (h) if it purports to have been made or altered by an existing person but he did not in fact exist. (2) A person is to be treated for the purposes of this Part of this Act as making a false instrument if he alters an instrument so as to make it false in any respect (whether or not it is false in some other respect apart from that alteration).
9 Meaning of “false” and “making”.
(1) An instrument is false for the purposes of this Part of this Act— (a) if it purports to have been made in the form in which it is made by a person who did not in fact make it in that form; or (b) if it purports to have been made in the form in which it is made on the authority of a person who did not in fact authorise its making in that form; or (c) if it purports to have been made in the terms in which it is made by a person who did not in fact make it in those terms; or (d) if it purports to have been made in the terms in which it is made on the authority of a person who did not in fact authorise its making in those terms; or (e) if it purports to have been altered in any respect by a person who did not in fact alter it in that respect; or (f) if it purports to have been altered in any respect on the authority of a person who did not in fact authorise the alteration in that respect; or (g) if it purports to have been made or altered on a date on which, or at a place at which, or otherwise in circumstances in which, it was not in fact made or altered; or (h) if it purports to have been made or altered by an existing person but he did not in fact exist. (2) A person is to be treated for the purposes of this Part of this Act as making a false instrument if he alters an instrument so as to make it false in any respect (whether or not it is false in some other respect apart from that alteration).
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