Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2004A01360:clause:1_19
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2004A01360
Segment Type: clause
Provision Reference: sch 1 cl 19
Character Range: 18682–19640

19  Giving false or misleading information in relation to foreign travel document applications

 (1) A person commits an offence if:
 (a) the person gives information to another person; and
 (b) the information:
 (i) is false or misleading; or
 (ii) omits any matter or thing without which the information is misleading; and
 (c) the information is given in, or in connection with, an application for a foreign travel document.

Penalty: Imprisonment for 10 years or 1,000 penalty units, or both.

 (2) Subsection (1) does not apply:
 (a) as a result of subparagraph (1)(b)(i)—if the information is not false or misleading in a material particular; or
 (b) as a result of subparagraph (1)(b)(ii)—if the information did not omit any matter or thing without which the statement is misleading in a material particular.

Note: The defendant bears an evidential burden in relation to the matters in subsection (2). See subsection 13.3(3) of the Criminal Code.