Commonwealth Consolidated Acts

AUSTRALIAN PASSPORTS ACT 2005 - SECT 30

             (1)  A person commits an offence if:

                     (a)  the person gives information to another person; and

                     (b)  the information:

                              (i)  is false or misleading; or

                             (ii)  omits any matter or thing without which the information is misleading; and

                     (c)  the information is given in, or in connection with, an application for an Australian travel document.

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

             (2)  Subsection (1) does not apply:

                     (a)  as a result of subparagraph (1)(b)(i)--if the information is not false or misleading in a material particular; or

                     (b)  as a result of subparagraph (1)(b)(ii)--if the information did not omit any matter or thing without which the statement is misleading in a material particular.

Note:          The defendant bears an evidential burden in relation to the matters in subsection (2). See subsection 13.3(3) of the Criminal Code .