Commonwealth Consolidated Acts

AUSTRALIAN PASSPORTS ACT 2005 - SECT 35

             (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.