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Incorporated Societies Act 2022

Enforcement - Offences

156: Falsification of register, records, or documents

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"Don't fake or alter important society documents on purpose"

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You can commit an offence if you are an officer, member, or employee of a society and you try to deceive someone. You do this by destroying or altering important documents that the Incorporated Societies Act 2022 or your society's constitution requires. You also commit an offence if you make false entries in these documents. You can get in trouble if you do these things on purpose to deceive someone. If you are found guilty, you could go to prison for up to 5 years, get a fine of up to $200,000, or both. This is a serious penalty for falsifying important records or documents.

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Part 4Enforcement
Offences

156Falsification of register, records, or documents

  1. An officer, a member, or an employee of a society commits an offence if, with intent to defraud or deceive a person, they—

  2. destroy, part with, mutilate, alter, or falsify any register, record, or document required by this Act or the society’s constitution; or
    1. make a false entry in any register, record, or document required by this Act or the society’s constitution.

      1. A person who commits an offence under this section is liable on conviction to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 5 years, a fine not exceeding $200,000, or both.