An interesting section of the Crimes Act

A reader has pointed out Section 257 of the Crimes Act to me. It reads:

257 Using forged documents

• (1)Every one is liable to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 10 years who, knowing a document to be forged,—

  • (a)uses the document to obtain any property, privilege, service, pecuniary advantage, benefit, or valuable consideration; or

  • (b)uses, deals with, or acts upon the document as if it were genuine; or

  • (c)causes any other person to use, deal with, or act upon it as if it were genuine.

  (2)For the purposes of this section, a document made or altered outside New Zealand in a manner that would have amounted to forgery if the making or alteration had been done in New Zealand is to be regarded as a forged document.

If I were the CEO of Warners I’d be getting advice on laying a complaint with the NZ Police. Maybe Kim Dotcom should consider laying a complaint also, as he may be the innocent victim of a terrible forgery by the person who supplied the e-mail to him. I’m sure he’ll want a proper investigation into the e-mail.