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AUSTRALIAN PASSPORTS ACT 2005 No. 5, 2005 - SECT 35

Dishonestly obtaining an Australian travel document
(1)
A person commits an offence if:

(a) the person obtains an Australian travel document; and
(b) the person does so:
(i) dishonestly; or
(ii) by threats.

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

(2)
In a prosecution for an offence against this section, the determination of dishonesty is a matter for the trier of fact.

(3)
In this section:

"obtain "includes:

(a) obtain for another person; and
(b) induce a third person to do something that results in another person obtaining.

"threat" includes a threat that is:

(a) express or implied; or
(b) conditional or unconditional.


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