Commonwealth Consolidated Acts

AUSTRALIAN SECURITY INTELLIGENCE ORGANISATION ACT 1979 - SECT 34Z

             (1)  A person commits an offence if:

                     (a)  the person has been notified of:

                              (i)  the issue of a warrant under this Division that specifies the person; and

                             (ii)  the effect of this subsection in connection with the warrant; and

                     (b)  the person leaves Australia; and

                     (c)  the leaving occurs:

                              (i)  after the person has been notified of the issue of the warrant and of the effect of this subsection in connection with the warrant; and

                             (ii)  before the end of the period specified in the warrant as the period during which the warrant is to be in force; and

                     (d)  the person does not have written permission from the Director‑General to leave Australia at the time the person leaves Australia.

Penalty:  Imprisonment for 5 years.

             (2)  The Director‑General may give written permission for a person to leave Australia at a specified time. The permission may be given either unconditionally or subject to specified conditions.

Note 1:       The Director‑General may revoke or amend the permission. See subsection 33(3) of the Acts Interpretation Act 1901 .

Note 2:       If permission is given subject to a condition and the condition is not met, the permission is not in force.