Commonwealth Consolidated Acts

MIGRATION ACT 1958 - SECT 370

  (1)   A person commits an offence if:

  (a)   the person is given a summons under section   363; and

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

Penalty:   Imprisonment for 12 months or 60 penalty units, or both.

  (2)   Subsection   (1) does not apply if complying with the summons might tend to incriminate the person.

Note:   A defendant bears an evidential burden in relation to the matter in subsection   (2) (see subsection   13.3(3) of the Criminal Code ).