37Bringing, taking or sending a document across international borders

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.