Criminal Code Act 1995
Schedule
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The Criminal Code
Division 73
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People smuggling and related offences
Subdivision B
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Document offences related to people smuggling and unlawful entry into foreign countries
SECTION 73.8
73.8
Making, providing or possessing a false travel or identity document
A person (the first person ) commits an offence if:
(a) the first person makes, provides or possesses a false travel or identity document; and
(b) the first person intends that the document will be used to facilitate the entry of another person (the other person ) into a foreign country, where the entry of the other person into the foreign country would not comply with the requirements under that country ' s law for entry into the country; and
(c) the first person made, provided or possessed the document:
Section 3
CHAPTER 4 - THE INTEGRITY AND SECURITY OF THE INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY AND FOREIGN GOVERNMENTS[ CCH Note: Subdiv A heading will be inserted by No 5 of 2024, s 3 and Sch 1 item 1, applicable in relation to conduct engaged in on or after 8 September 2024. The heading will read:
]Subdivision A - Definitions
A person (the first person ) commits an offence if:
(a) the first person makes, provides or possesses a false travel or identity document; and
(b) the first person intends that the document will be used to facilitate the entry of another person (the other person ) into a foreign country, where the entry of the other person into the foreign country would not comply with the requirements under that country ' s law for entry into the country; and
(c) the first person made, provided or possessed the document:
(i) having obtained (whether directly or indirectly) a benefit to do so; or
(ii) with the intention of obtaining (whether directly or indirectly) a benefit.
Penalty: Imprisonment for 10 years or 1,000 penalty units, or both.
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