72WCertain people must produce authority to depart

72W Certain people must produce authority to depart

(1) If: (a) a departure prohibition order in respect of a person is in force; and (b) the person is about to depart from Australia for a foreign country; and (c) the person’s departure is authorised by a departure authorisation certificate; the person must give a copy of the certificate to an authorised officer for inspection, if requested to do so by the authorised officer. (2) A person commits an offence if: (a) an authorised officer requests under subsection (1) that the person give a copy of a departure authorisation certificate to the officer; and (b) the person refuses or fails to comply with the request.

Penalty: 5 penalty units.

(3) An offence against subsection (2) is an offence of strict liability.

Note: For strict liability, see section 6.1 of the Criminal Code.