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[section repealed by section 4 of Act 22 of 2001]
44. Forgery of licence, registration book, mark or number
(1) For the purposes of this section:
(a) the forgery of a document, mark or number is the making of a false document, mark or number, knowing it to be false, with the intention that it shall in any way be used or acted upon as genuine; and
(b) making a false document, mark or number includes making any material alteration in a genuine document, mark or number, whether by addition, insertion, obliteration, erasure, removal or otherwise.
(2) Any person who:
(a) forges any licence, temporary licence, exemption certificate, temporary identification card, garage licence or registration book issued under this Act; or
(b) forges any identification mark or number which is required to be affixed to a vehicle under this Act; or
(c) knowing that a licence, temporary licence, exemption certificate, temporary identification card, garage licence or registration book has been forged, uses or has in his possession such licence, certificate, card or book or lends it to, or allows it to be used by, any other person; or
(d) knowing that the identification mark or number affixed to a vehicle has been forged, uses that vehicle or lends it to, or allows it to used by, any other person; or
(e) uses on any vehicle a licence, temporary licence or temporary identification card issued in respect of any other vehicle;
shall be guilty of an offence and liable to a fine not exceeding level six or to imprisonment for a period not exceeding one year or to both such fine and such imprisonment.
[subsection amended by section 4 of Act 22 of 2001]
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[section repealed by section 4 of Act 22 of 2001]