53.—(1) It shall be an offence for a person to forge or utter knowing it to be forged—

(a) the register, an entry in the register or a document purporting to be an extract from the register (in this section referred to as “a forged register”), or

(b) a notice, certificate or other document purporting to be issued, granted or given under F85[this Act, the Act of 2015 or the Act of 2023] (in this section referred to as “a forged document”).

(2) It shall be an offence for a person to alter with intent to defraud or deceive, or to utter knowing it to be so altered—

(a) the register, an entry in the register or an extract from the register (in this section referred to as “an altered register”), or

(b) a notice, certificate or other document issued, granted or given under F85[this Act, the Act of 2015 or the Act of 2023] (in this section referred to as “an altered document”).

(3) It shall be an offence for a person to have, without lawful authority, in his or her possession a forged register, forged document, altered register or altered document.

(4) It shall be an offence for a person to aid or abet the commission of an offence under this section.