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Crimes Act 1961

Crimes against rights of property - Forgery and counterfeiting

261: Counterfeiting public seals

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“Making fake official seals or stamps, or using them when you know they're not real, is against the law.”

You can get in trouble if you make fake official seals or stamps, or if you use them knowing they’re fake. This includes any public seal used in New Zealand or another country, as well as seals or stamps used by courts, local authorities, public bodies, or public officers. It’s also against the law to make or use fake impressions of these seals or stamps. If you do any of these things, you could go to prison for up to 10 years.

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Crime and justice > Criminal law

260: False accounting, or

“Making fake records or leaving out important information to trick people or get things you shouldn't”

262: Counterfeiting corporate seals, or

“Making fake stamps or seals used by companies or using them when you know they're not real is against the law.”

Part 10 Crimes against rights of property
Forgery and counterfeiting

261Counterfeiting public seals

Every one is liable to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 10 years who—
unlawfully makes or counterfeits—
1. any public seal in use at any time in New Zealand or any other country; or
2. any seal or stamp used in New Zealand or any other country by any court, local authority, public body, or public officer; or
3. the impression of any such seal or stamp; or
uses any such seal, stamp, or impression, knowing it to be counterfeit.

Compare

1961 No 43 s 267

Notes

Section 261: replaced, on 1 October 2003, by section 15 of the Crimes Amendment Act 2003 (2003 No 39).