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.