Section 312 - Letter written for illiterate person

(1) A person who writes a letter or petition at the request or in the name of an illiterate person shall write on the letter or petition that person’s name and address.

(2) The writing of the name and address on the letter or petition implies a statement

(a) that the letter or petition was written on the instructions of the illiterate person, and

(b) that the letter or petition conveys neither more nor less than the meaning intended by the illiterate, and

(c) if it is or purports to be signed or executed by that person that it was read over and explained to the illiterate person who fully understood its contents before it was signed or executed, and

(d) that the mark or signature is that of the illiterate person.

(3) Where the name and address of the writer is not written on the letter or petition, or if the statement implied is in a material particular untrue, the writer commits a criminal offence and is liable to a fine not exceeding twenty-five penalty units.

(4) For the purposes of this section, “name” means the full, true, and proper country name where a person has a country name; otherwise a person’s true and proper surname and the Christian name.