Commonwealth Numbered Acts

AUSTRALIAN CITIZENSHIP AMENDMENT ACT 1984 No. 129 of 1984 - SECT 31

31. Sections 48, 48A and 49 of the Principal Act are repealed and the
following sections are substituted: Replacement certificates

"47A. Where the Minister proposes to amend a certificate of Australian
citizenship (in this section referred to as the 'original certificate') under
section 47, not being an amendment including the name of a person in, or
omitting the name of a person from, the original certificate, the Minister
may, in his discretion, in lieu of so amending the original certificate, upon
surrender of the original certificate to him, grant and issue a further
certificate of Australian citizenship (in this section referred to as the
'replacement certificate') in which that amendment has been incorporated and
thereupon the replacement certificate has effect for all purposes of this Act
as if it had been granted and issued at the same time as the original
certificate and the original certificate had not been granted. Surrender of
certificates

"48. (1) Where an order is made under this Act depriving a person of his
Australian citizenship -

   (a)  if that person is an Australian citizen by virtue of a certificate of
        Australian citizenship granted to him - that person shall, upon demand
        in writing by the Minister, surrender that certificate to the Minister
        for cancellation; and

   (b)  if that person is an Australian citizen by reason of the inclusion of
        his name in a certificate of Australian citizenship granted to another
        person - that other person shall, upon demand in writing by the
        Minister, surrender that certificate to the Minister to enable the
        Minister to amend that certificate under section 47.

"(2) Where an order is made under sub-section 44A (4) revoking an evidentiary
certificate issued to a person under section 44A, the person shall, upon
demand in writing by the Secretary, surrender the certificate to the Secretary
for cancellation.

"(3) A person who, without reasonable excuse, contravenes sub-section (1) or
(2) is guilty of an offence punishable on conviction by a fine not exceeding
$1,000. Offence to alter certificate

"49. A person shall not, without lawful authority, alter, or cause or permit
to be altered, a certificate of Australian citizenship.
Penalty: $2,000 or imprisonment for 12 months, or both.".