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90 Applying for orders to deliver travel documents9
(1) The Director-General may apply to a Judge of the Federal Court10
for an order that a person deliver a travel document to the11
Director-General if:12
(a) either or both of the following apply:13
(i) a summons has been issued requiring the person to14
attend an examination (whether or not the summons has15
been served);16
(ii) the person has appeared at an examination to give17
evidence or information, or to produce documents or18
things; and19
(b) the Director-General has reasonable grounds to believe that20
the person may be able:21
(i) to give evidence or information, or further evidence or22
information, that is relevant to serious and organised23
crime that is identified in any authorisation to which the24
examination relates (including any authorisation subject25
to a determination made under subsection 66(1)); or26
(ii) to produce documents or things, or further documents or27
things, that are relevant to serious and organised crime28
that is identified in any authorisation to which the29
examination relates (including any authorisation subject30
to a determination made under subsection 66(1)); and31
(c) there are reasonable grounds to suspect that the person has a32
travel document and intends to leave Australia.33
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(2) To avoid doubt, subsection (1) applies regardless of whether, under1
subsection 86(1), the Director-General has applied, or proposes to2
apply, to a court for the person to be dealt with for contempt of the3
ACIC.4
(3) Each of the following is a travel document:5
(a) an Australian travel document that has been issued to the6
person;7
(b) a passport or other travel document that has been issued to8
the person by or on behalf of the government of a foreign9
country.10
(4) The Director-General must give the Judge information on oath, or11
by affirmation, in support of the grounds for the application.12
(5) In this section, Australia includes the external Territories.13