CTHIn ForceAct
Australian Passports Act 2005
41Failure to notify officer of lost or stolen Australian travel document
Start here
Get a plain-English read of 41
Turn the raw legal text into a practical explanation grounded in Australian Passports Act 2005.
#### 41 Failure to notify officer of lost or stolen Australian travel document
A person commits an offence if:
(a) an Australian travel document issued to the person is lost or stolen; and
(b) the person knows that the document has been either lost or stolen; and
(c) the person fails to report the loss or theft to an officer as soon as practicable after the first time the person knows that the document has been either lost or stolen.
Penalty: Imprisonment for 1 year or 20 penalty units, or both.