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MIGRATION ACT 1958 - SECT 233E

Concealing and harbouring non - citizens etc.

  (1)   A person (the first person ) commits an offence if:

  (a)   the first person conceals another person (the second person ); and

  (b)   the second person is a non - citizen; and

  (c)   the first person engages in the conduct with the intention that the second person will enter Australia in contravention of this Act.

Penalty:   Imprisonment for 10 years or 1,000 penalty units, or both.

  (2)   A person (the first person ) commits an offence if:

  (a)   the first person conceals another person (the second person ); and

  (b)   the second person is an unlawful non - citizen or a deportee; and

  (c)   the first person engages in the conduct with the intention of preventing discovery by an officer of the second person.

Penalty:   Imprisonment for 10 years or 1,000 penalty units, or both.

  (3)   A person (the first person ) commits an offence if:

  (a)   the first person harbours another person (the second person ); and

  (b)   the second person is an unlawful non - citizen, a removee or a deportee.

Penalty:   Imprisonment for 10 years or 1,000 penalty units, or both.


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