Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2024C00528:section:29
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2024C00528
Segment Type: section
Provision Reference: s 29
Character Range: 42343–43369

29  Making false or misleading statements in relation to Australian travel documents
 (1) A person commits an offence if:
 (a) the person makes a statement (whether orally, in writing or any other way) to another person; and
 (b) the statement:
 (i) is false or misleading; or
 (ii) omits any matter or thing without which the statement is misleading; and
 (c) the statement is made in, or in connection with:
 (i) an application for an Australian travel document; or
 (ii) an Australian 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 statement is not false or misleading in a material particular; or
 (b) as a result of subparagraph (1)(b)(ii)—if the statement 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.