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SUBSTITUTION PHOTOGRAPHIE [1 record]

Record 1 2013-02-08

English

Subject field(s)
  • Offences and crimes
  • Legal Documents
  • Photography
DEF

A type of forgery in which the portrait in [an identity] document is substituted for a different one after the document has been issued.

OBS

photograph substitution; photo-substitution: terminology used by Citizenship and Immigration Canada.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Infractions et crimes
  • Documents juridiques
  • Photographie
DEF

Type de falsification dans lequel le portrait figurant dans un document [d'identité] est remplacé par un portrait différent après la délivrance de ce document.

Spanish

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