Section 257 — Crimes Act 1961: Using forged documents

257 Using forged documents (1) Every one is liable to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 10 years who, knowing a document to be forged,— (a) uses the document to obtain any property, privilege, service, pecuniary advantage, benefit, or valuable consideration; or (b) uses, deals with, or acts upon the document as if it were genuine; or (c) causes any other person to use, deal with, or act upon it as if it were genuine. (2) For the purposes of this section, a document made or altered outside New Zealand in a manner that would have amounted to forgery if the making or alteration had been done in New Zealand is to be regarded as a forged document. Compare: 1961 No 43 s 266 Part 10 (comprising sections 217 to 305) was substituted by a new Part 10 (comprising sections 217 to 272), as from 1 October 2003, by section 15 Crimes Amendment Act 2003 (2003 No 39).