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Identity cards

Offence title:

 

Identity cards

Act:

 

487ZG Migration Act 1958

Offence:

A person commits an offence if:

(a)   the person has been issued with an identity card; and

(b)   the person ceases to be an authorised officer; and

(c)    the person does not, as soon as practicable after so ceasing, return the identity card.

 

Penalty:

 

1 penalty unit

 

Summary/Indictable/mixed:

 

Summary

 

Jurisdiction:

 

Local Court

How committed:

 

A retired ABF officer frames the identity card as a memento of their service.

 

Important note:

Defence: The card was lost or stolen.

 

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