Section 225 — Land Transfer Act 1952: Fraudulently procuring certificate of title, etc

225 Fraudulently procuring certificate of title, etc (1) Every person commits an offence, and is liable on conviction on indictment to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 3 years or to a fine not exceeding $1,000, who— (a) Fraudulently procures, assists in fraudulently procuring, or is privy to the fraudulent procurement of any certificate of title or other instrument, or of any entry in the register, or of any erasure or alteration in any entry in the register, or in any instrument or form issued by the Registrar-General or any Registrar; or (ab) Fraudulently procures, assists in fraudulently procuring, or is privy to the fraudulent procurement of— (i) the recording, lodgement, presentation, or registration of any information, instrument, matter or thing under the Land Transfer (Computer Registers and Electronic Lodgement) Amendment Act 2002 ; or (ii) The deletion or alteration of any information, matter, or thing recorded under that Act; or (b) Fraudulently uses, assists in fraudulently using, or is privy to the fraudulent using of any form purporting to be issued or sanctioned by the Registrar-General; or (c) Knowingly misleads or deceives any person hereinbefore authorised to demand an explanation in respect of any land or the title to any land which is the subject of any application to bring the land under this Act, or in respect of which any dealing or transmission is proposed to be registered or recorded; or (d) knowingly or recklessly gives a certificate under section 164A that contains an incorrect material particular. (2) Any certificate of title, entry, erasure, recording, deletion, or alteration so procured or made by fraud shall be void as between all parties or privies to the fraud. Compare: 1915 No 35 s 208 Subsection (1)(a) was inserted, as from 1 February 1999, by section 37(1) Land Transfer (Automation) Amendment Act 1998 (1998 No 123). Subsection (1)(ab)(i) was substituted, as from 1 June 2002, by section 65(1) Land Transfer (Computer Registers and Electronic Lodgement) Amendment Act 2002 (2002 No 11). Subsection (1) was amended, as from 1 June 2002, by section 65(1) Land Transfer (Computer Registers and Electronic Lodgement) Amendment Act 2002 (2002 No 11), by inserting the expression “ ; or ” . Subsection (1)(d) was inserted, as from 1 June 2002, by section 65(1) Land Transfer (Computer Registers and Electronic Lodgement) Amendment Act 2002 (2002 No 11). Subsection (2) was amended, as from 1 February 1999, by section 37(2) Land Transfer (Automation) Amendment Act 1998 (1998 No 123) by inserting the words “ recording, deletion, ” .