Criminal Code Act
Section 479
Any person who knowingly and with intent to procure the same to be inserted in a register of births, deaths, or marriages, makes any false statement touching any matter required by law to be registered in any such register, is guilty of a felony, and is liable to imprisonment for three years.
The offender cannot be arrested without warrant.
Chapter 45: Preparation for Forgery
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