36Making or providing false Australian travel documents

#### 36 Making or providing false Australian travel documents (1) A person commits an offence if: (a) the person makes a false Australian travel document; and (b) the person does so with the intention that the document may be used, acted upon or accepted as if it were an Australian travel document. Penalty: Imprisonment for 10 years or 1,000 penalty units, or both. (2) A person commits an offence if: (a) the person provides a false Australian travel document to another person; and (b) the person does so with the intention that the document may be used, acted upon or accepted as if it were an Australian travel document. Penalty: Imprisonment for 10 years or 1,000 penalty units, or both. (3) Paragraph (2)(a) does not apply if the person has a reasonable excuse. > Note: The defendant bears an evidential burden in relation to the matter in subsection (3). See subsection 13.3(3) of the Criminal Code.