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Australian Passports Act 2005
37Bringing, taking or sending a document across international borders
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#### 37 Bringing, taking or sending a document across international borders
(1) A person commits an offence if:
(a) the person:
(i) brings a document into a country; or
(ii) takes a document out of a country; or
(iii) sends a document to or from a country; and
(b) the person knows that:
(i) the document is a false Australian travel document; or
(ii) the document is an Australian travel document that was not issued to the person.
Penalty: Imprisonment for 10 years or 1,000 penalty units, or both.
(2) Subsection (1) does not apply if the person has a reasonable excuse.
> Note: The defendant bears an evidential burden in relation to the matter in subsection (2). See subsection 13.3(3) of the Criminal Code.