Commonwealth Consolidated Acts

AUSTRALIAN CITIZENSHIP ACT 2007 - SECT 38

Request for surrender

  (1)   If:

  (a)   the Minister makes a decision under section   34 or 34A to revoke a person's Australian citizenship; and

  (b)   at the time of the revocation, there is in force a notice under section   37 in relation to the person;

the Minister may request the person to surrender the notice to the Minister.

  (2)   If the Minister makes a decision under subsection   37(6) to cancel a notice given to a person under section   37, the Minister may request the person to surrender the notice to the Minister.

Form of request

  (3)   A request given to a person under subsection   (1) or (2) must:

  (a)   be made in writing; and

  (b)   specify the day on or before which the person must surrender the notice (which must be a day at least 28 days after the day on which the Minister makes the request); and

  (c)   specify how the person is to surrender the notice to the Minister; and

  (d)   contain a statement to the effect that a failure to comply with the request is an offence.

Offence

  (4)   A person commits an offence if:

  (a)   the person is given a request that is in accordance with this section; and

  (b)   the person fails to comply with the request.

Penalty for contravention of this subsection:   10 penalty units.