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Section 357: Penalties for using another's character reference to get a job

357.Personation of person named in testimonial of character

(1)Any person who, for the purpose of obtaining any employment, utters any document of the nature of a testimonial of character given to another person, commits a misdemeanour and is liable, on conviction, to imprisonment for a term of one year.

(2)Any person who, being a person to whom a document mentioned in subsection (1) has been given, gives, sells or lends the document to another person with the intent that that other person may utter the document for the purpose of obtaining any employment, commits a misdemeanour.

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You cannot use a character reference document that was written for someone else to get a job for yourself. Doing so is a misdemeanor and can lead to o...

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