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 73.9 Providing or possessing a travel or identity document issued or altered dishonestly or as a result of threats (1)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 knows that:
(i) the issue of the travel or identity document; or
has been obtained dishonestly or by threats; and
(ii) an alteration of the travel or identity document;
(c) 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
(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.
(2)
For the purposes of subsection (1) , a threat may be:
(a) express or implied; or
(b) conditional or unconditional.
(3)
For the purposes of subsection (1) , dishonest means:
(a) dishonest according to the standards of ordinary people; and
(b) known by the defendant to be dishonest according to the standards of ordinary people.
(4)
In a prosecution for an offence against this section, the determination of dishonesty is a matter for the trier of fact.
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