Taking possession of or destroying another person’s travel or identity document
73.11 Taking possession of or destroying another person’s travel or identity document
A person (the first person) commits an offence if:
the first person takes possession of, or destroys, a travel or identity document that applies to another person (the other person); and
the first person does so intending to conceal the other person’s identity or nationality; and
at the time of doing so, the first person intends to organise or facilitate the entry of the other person into a foreign country:
having obtained, or with the intention of obtaining, whether directly or indirectly, a benefit to organise or facilitate that entry; and
where the entry of the other person into the foreign country would not comply with the requirements under that country’s law for entry into the country.
Penalty: Imprisonment for 10 years or 1,000 penalty units, or both.
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