Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2024C00800:section:233e
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2024C00800
Segment Type: section
Provision Reference: s 233E
Character Range: 638544–639632

233E  Concealing and harbouring non‑citizens etc.
 (1) A person (the first person) commits an offence if:
 (a) the first person conceals another person (the second person); and
 (b) the second person is a non‑citizen; and
 (c) the first person engages in the conduct with the intention that the second person will enter Australia in contravention of this Act.
Penalty: Imprisonment for 10 years or 1,000 penalty units, or both.
 (2) A person (the first person) commits an offence if:
 (a) the first person conceals another person (the second person); and
 (b) the second person is an unlawful non‑citizen or a deportee; and
 (c) the first person engages in the conduct with the intention of preventing discovery by an officer of the second person.
Penalty: Imprisonment for 10 years or 1,000 penalty units, or both.
 (3) A person (the first person) commits an offence if:
 (a) the first person harbours another person (the second person); and
 (b) the second person is an unlawful non‑citizen, a removee or a deportee.
Penalty: Imprisonment for 10 years or 1,000 penalty units, or both.