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Registration of Deeds Act 1988 s 27

Registration of Deeds Act 1988 s 27

s 27 Offences and penalties

27. Any person who —(a) intentionally makes any false statement, whether on oath or not, before an officer acting in the execution of this Act; (b) fraudulently procures, assists in fraudulently procuring, or is privy to the fraudulent procuring of any instrument, or any entry in, any alteration or erasure of, or any addition to, in any register or record kept at the Registry; (c) intentionally delivers to a registering officer a false document; (d) knowingly misleads or deceives any person authorised by this Act to demand an explanation or any information with respect to any land, or the title to any land with respect to any instrument registered or provisionally registered; (e) falsely impersonates another and in that assumed character presents any document or makes any statement or does any other act for the purposes of this Act; (f) fraudulently removes from the Registry any part of the records or any instrument kept at the Registry or causes any defacement, obliteration, mutilation or unauthorised entry or alteration to be made to the record or instrument; or (g) abets the commission of an offence under this Act, shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $5,000 or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 3 years or to both.

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