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AUSTRALIAN PASSPORTS ACT 2005 - SECT 24

Demand for surrender of cancelled or invalid Australian travel document

  (1)   An officer may demand that a person surrender an Australian travel document to the officer if:

  (a)   the document has been cancelled; or

  (b)   the document has otherwise ceased, under section   20, to be valid except because of a suspension under section   22A.

  (2)   A person commits an offence if:

  (a)   an officer demands under subsection   (1) that the person surrender an Australian travel document; and

  (b)   the officer informs the person that the officer is authorised to demand that document; and

  (c)   the officer informs the person that it may be an offence not to comply with the demand; and

  (d)   the person has possession or control of the document; and

  (e)   the person fails to surrender the document to the officer immediately.

Penalty:   Imprisonment for 1 year or 20 penalty units, or both.


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