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MIGRATION ACT 1958 - SECT 268CJ

Authorised officer on premises with consent may ask questions

    An authorised officer who is only authorised to enter premises because the occupier of the premises consented to the entry may:

  (a)   ask the occupier to:

  (i)   answer any questions that are relevant to a visa monitoring purpose; and

  (ii)   give or show the officer any document requested by the officer that is relevant to the matter; or

  (b)   ask any person on the premises to answer any questions that may facilitate the exercise of monitoring powers in relation to the premises.

Note:   A person could commit an offence if, under this section, the person gives false or misleading information or shows a document that is false or misleading in a material particular: see sections   268CM and 268CN.


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