Passports Legislation Amendment (Integrity) Act 2015 (122 of 2015)
Schedule 1 Amendments
Part 1 Main amendments
Australian Passports Act 2005
47 After section 32
Insert:
32A Possessing false Australian travel documents
(1) A person commits an offence if:
(a) the person has possession or control of a document; and
(b) the person knows that the document is a false Australian travel document.
Penalty: Imprisonment for 10 years or 1,000 penalty units, or both.
(2) Subsection (1) does not apply if the person has a reasonable excuse.
Note: The defendant bears an evidential burden in relation to the matter in subsection (2). See subsection 13.3(3) of the Criminal Code.
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