Australian Passports Act 2005
30Giving false or misleading information in relation to Australian travel documents
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30 Giving false or misleading information in relation to Australian travel documents
(1) A person commits an offence if: (a) the person gives information to another person; and (b) the information: (i) is false or misleading; or (ii) omits any matter or thing without which the information is misleading; and (c) the information is given in, or in connection with: (i) an application for an Australian travel document; or (ii) an Australian travel document.
Penalty: Imprisonment for 10 years or 1,000 penalty units, or both.
(2) Subsection (1) does not apply: (a) as a result of subparagraph (1)(b)(i)—if the information is not false or misleading in a material particular; or (b) as a result of subparagraph (1)(b)(ii)—if the information did not omit any matter or thing without which the statement is misleading in a material particular.
Note: The defendant bears an evidential burden in relation to the matters in subsection (2). See subsection 13.3(3) of the Criminal Code.