Criminal Code Act 1995
Section 3
CHAPTER 4 - THE INTEGRITY AND SECURITY OF THE INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY AND FOREIGN GOVERNMENTS[ CCH Note: Subdiv A heading will be inserted by No 5 of 2024, s 3 and Sch 1 item 1, applicable in relation to conduct engaged in on or after 8 September 2024. The heading will read:
]Subdivision A - Definitions
A person (the first person ) commits an offence if:
(a) the first person takes possession of, or destroys, a travel or identity document that applies to another person (the other person ); and
(b) the first person does so intending to conceal the other person ' s identity or nationality; and
(c) at the time of doing so, the first person intends to organise or facilitate the entry of the other person into a foreign country:
(i) having obtained, or with the intention of obtaining, whether directly or indirectly, a benefit to organise or facilitate that entry; and
(ii) 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.
Penalty: Imprisonment for 10 years or 1,000 penalty units, or both.
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