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Rh Offences relating to false foreign travel documents

47.—(1) If—
 * (a) a person makes a false foreign travel document in Singapore, or furnishes a false foreign travel document to another person in Singapore;
 * (b) the person does so with the intention of dishonestly inducing another person to use or accept the false foreign travel document as if it were a genuine foreign travel document; and
 * (c) by reason of the other person so using or accepting the false foreign travel document as genuine, the person dishonestly 
 * (i) obtains a gain (whether for himself or someone else);
 * (ii) causes a loss to the other person or someone else; or
 * (iii) influences the exercise of a public duty,

the person shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $10,000 or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 10 years or to both.

(2) If—
 * (a) a person uses in Singapore a foreign travel document in connection with travel or identification;
 * (b) the foreign travel document has been cancelled; and
 * (c) the person knows or ought reasonably to have known that the foreign travel document has been cancelled,

the person shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $10,000 or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 10 years or to both.

(3) If—
 * (a) a person uses in Singapore a foreign travel document in connection with travel or identification;
 * (b) the foreign travel document was not issued to that person; and
 * (c) the person knows or ought reasonably to have known that the foreign travel document was not issued to him,