Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2024C00528:section:37
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2024C00528
Segment Type: section
Provision Reference: s 37
Character Range: 50332–51049

37  Bringing, taking or sending a document across international borders
 (1) A person commits an offence if:
 (a) the person:
 (i) brings a document into a country; or
 (ii) takes a document out of a country; or
 (iii) sends a document to or from a country; and
 (b) the person knows that:
 (i) the document is a false Australian travel document; or
 (ii) the document is an Australian travel document that was not issued to the person.
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.