Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2024C00528:section:24
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2024C00528
Segment Type: section
Provision Reference: s 24
Character Range: 36973–37849

24  Demand for surrender of cancelled or invalid Australian travel document
 (1) An officer may demand that a person surrender an Australian travel document to the officer if:
 (a) the document has been cancelled; or
 (b) the document has otherwise ceased, under section 20, to be valid except because of a suspension under section 22A.
 (2) A person commits an offence if:
 (a) an officer demands under subsection (1) that the person surrender an Australian travel document; and
 (b) the officer informs the person that the officer is authorised to demand that document; and
 (c) the officer informs the person that it may be an offence not to comply with the demand; and
 (d) the person has possession or control of the document; and
 (e) the person fails to surrender the document to the officer immediately.
Penalty: Imprisonment for 1 year or 20 penalty units, or both.