24Demand for surrender of cancelled or invalid Australian travel document

24 Demand for surrender of cancelled or invalid Australian travel document

(1) An officer may demand that a person surrender an Australian travel document to the officer if: (a) the document has been cancelled; or (b) the document has otherwise ceased, under section 20, to be valid except because of a suspension under section 22A. (2) A person commits an offence if: (a) an officer demands under subsection (1) that the person surrender an Australian travel document; and (b) the officer informs the person that the officer is authorised to demand that document; and (c) the officer informs the person that it may be an offence not to comply with the demand; and (d) the person has possession or control of the document; and (e) the person fails to surrender the document to the officer immediately.

Penalty: Imprisonment for 1 year or 20 penalty units, or both.