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AUSTRALIAN PASSPORTS ACT 2005 No. 5, 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 or 21, to be valid.

(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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