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.