# Forgery and Counterfeiting Act 1981, Section 3: The offence of using a false instrument.


It is an offence for a person to use an instrument which is, and which he knows or believes to be, false, with the intention of inducing somebody to accept it as genuine, and by reason of so accepting it to do or not to do some act to his own or any other person’s prejudice.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1981/45/section/3 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/forgery-and-counterfeiting-act-1981/section-3
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