PART 3Enforcement
Offences in relation to passports17
1
A person is guilty of an offence if the person, otherwise than in accordance with any entitlement, obligation or requirement to do so in these Regulations or the Commission Implementing Regulation—
a
destroys or defaces a passport;
b
alters any entry in a passport;
c
makes a forged passport; or
d
is knowingly in possession of a forged passport.
2
Paragraph 1(d) does not apply if the person, at the time concerned, holds a forged passport simply for the purpose of destroying it or providing it to an authorised officer, the police or the Department.