71A   Using forged or fraudulently altered licence or permit to obtain firearm

(1)  A person is guilty of an offence under this section if the person uses a document that is, and that the person knows to be, false, with the intention of obtaining a firearm.

Maximum penalty: imprisonment for 10 years.

(2)  For the purposes of this section, a document is false if it purports to be a licence or permit authorising the person who is using it to possess a firearm but is in fact:

(a)  not a licence or permit, or

(b)  a licence or permit that has been altered in any respect by a person who was not authorised to make the alteration, or

(c)  a licence or permit that has been issued to another person.