(1)
Every one is liable to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 10 years who, knowing a document to be forged,—
uses the document to obtain any property, privilege, service, pecuniary advantage, benefit, or valuable consideration; or
uses, deals with, or acts upon the document as if it were genuine; or
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.
Compare: 1961 No 43 s 266
Section 257: replaced, on 1 October 2003, by section 15 of the Crimes Amendment Act 2003 (2003 No 39).