Criminal Code Act 1995
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 73.8 73.8 Making, providing or possessing a false travel or identity documentA person (the first person ) commits an offence if:
(a) the first person makes, provides or possesses a false 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 made, 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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