Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2024C00528:section:25
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2024C00528
Segment Type: section
Provision Reference: s 25
Character Range: 38808–39931

25  Demand for surrender of debtor's Australian travel document
 (1) An officer may demand that a person surrender an Australian travel document to the officer if the officer suspects on reasonable grounds that the person owes money to the Commonwealth in respect of:
 (a) expenses incurred by the Commonwealth on behalf of the person in a foreign country; or
 (b) money lent to the person by the Commonwealth when the person was outside Australia; or
 (c) expenses incurred by the Commonwealth in, or in connection with, effecting the person's departure from a foreign country.
 (2) A person commits an offence if:
 (a) an officer demands under subsection (1) that the person surrender the person's Australian travel document; and
 (b) the officer informs the person that the officer is authorised to make the demand; 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.