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AUSTRALIAN CITIZENSHIP ACT 2007 - SECT 45B Seizure of bogus documents

AUSTRALIAN CITIZENSHIP ACT 2007 - SECT 45B

Seizure of bogus documents

  (1)   If the Minister reasonably suspects that a document is forfeited under subsection   45A(2), then the Minister may seize the document.

  (2)   As soon as practicable after seizing the document, the Minister must give written notice of the seizure to the person who gave the document to the official under subsection   45A(1).

  (3)   The notice must:

  (a)   identify the document; and

  (b)   state that the document has been seized; and

  (c)   specify the reason for the seizure; and

  (d)   state that the document will be condemned as forfeited unless the person institutes proceedings against the Commonwealth before the end of the period specified in the notice:

  (i)   to recover the document; or

  (ii)   for a declaration that the document is not forfeited.

  (4)   For the purposes of paragraph   (3)(d), the period must:

  (a)   start on the date of the notice; and

  (b)   end 90 days after that date.