Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2015A00122:clause:1_36
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2015A00122
Segment Type: clause
Provision Reference: sch 1 cl 36
Character Range: 15469–16380

36  Making or providing false Australian travel documents
 (1) A person commits an offence if:
 (a) the person makes a false Australian travel document; and
 (b) the person does so with the intention that the document may be used, acted upon or accepted as if it were an Australian travel document.
Penalty: Imprisonment for 10 years or 1,000 penalty units, or both.
 (2) A person commits an offence if:
 (a) the person provides a false Australian travel document to another person; and
 (b) the person does so with the intention that the document may be used, acted upon or accepted as if it were an Australian travel document.
Penalty: Imprisonment for 10 years or 1,000 penalty units, or both.
 (3) Paragraph (2)(a) does not apply if the person has a reasonable excuse.
Note: The defendant bears an evidential burden in relation to the matter in subsection (3). See subsection 13.3(3) of the Criminal Code.