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Crimes (Currency) Act 1981
20Import and export of certain material forbidden
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#### 20 Import and export of certain material forbidden
A person shall not, without the consent, in writing, of an authorized person, import into Australia or export from Australia:
(a) any business or professional card, notice, placard, circular, hand‑bill, poster or other material of the kind referred to in paragraph 19(1)(a); or
(b) any newspaper, journal, magazine, notice, placard, circular, hand‑bill, poster, business or professional card or other material of the kind referred to in paragraph 19(1)(b).
Penalty:
(a) in the case of a person, not being a body corporate—imprisonment for 2 years or 50 penalty units, or both; or
(b) in the case of a person, being a body corporate—100 penalty units.