MIGRATION ACT 1958 - SECT 268BN Owner of document must be given copy
MIGRATION ACT 1958 - SECT 268BN
Owner of document must be given copy(1) If an officer retains a document under section 268BM, then the Secretary or Australian Border Force Commissioner must as soon as practicable:
(a) certify a copy of the document to be a true copy; and
(b) give the copy to the person (the owner ) otherwise entitled to possession of the document.
(2) The certified copy must be received in all courts and tribunals as evidence as if it had been the original.
(3) Until the certified copy is given, the owner, or a person
authorised by the owner, may inspect and make copies of, or take and retain
extracts from, the original document at the times and places that the
Secretary or Australian Border Force Commissioner thinks appropriate.