Criminal Code Act 1995

Schedule - The Criminal Code  

Section 3

CHAPTER 4 - THE INTEGRITY AND SECURITY OF THE INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY AND FOREIGN GOVERNMENTS  

Division 73 - People smuggling and related offences  

Subdivision B - Document offences related to people smuggling and unlawful entry into foreign countries  

SECTION 73.10  

73.10   Providing or possessing a travel or identity document to be used by a person who is not the rightful user  
A person (the first person ) commits an offence if:


(a) the first person provides or possesses a travel or identity document; and


(b) the first person intends that the document will be used to facilitate the entry of another person (the other person ) into a foreign country, where the entry of the other person into the foreign country would not comply with the requirements under that country ' s law for entry into the country; and


(c) the first person knows that the other person is not the person to whom the document applies; and


(d) the first person provided or possessed the document:


(i) having obtained (whether directly or indirectly) a benefit to do so; or

(ii) with the intention of obtaining (whether directly or indirectly) a benefit.

Penalty: Imprisonment for 10 years or 1,000 penalty units, or both.




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