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Salient: Victoria University Students' Paper. Vol. 28, No. 12. 1965.

Forged Dates

Forged Dates

Salient Reporter

Some students have forged birth dates on their I.D. cards.

A number of cases are understood to have occurred at Auckland, where the cards are not sealed in plastic.

Few students at Victoria thought of the possibilities when enrolling.

But one or two instances have been reported. After a year's acquaintance with the system, they are expected to increase next year. Current holders of cards will have them renewed, not replaced, but freshers will have to be issued with cards.

The benefits of the forgery are probably somewhat illusory. They might quieten the suspicions of a barman, but are unlikely to deceive the police.

The checking of hundreds of birth dates would take up a prohibitive amount of time and labour, so it is possible that this information will be omitted from future cards.