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Failure to comply with summons (to appear at Tribunal for review of a decision)

Offence title:

 

Failure to comply with summons (to appear at Tribunal for review of a decision)

Act:

 

370 Migration Act 1958

Offence:

A person commits an offence if:

(a) the person is given a summons under section 363 [Review of a decision]; and

(b) the person fails to comply with the summons.

 

Penalty:

 

Imprisonment for 2 years, or 120 penalty units, or both.

 

Summary/Indictable/mixed:

 

Mixed

 

Jurisdiction:

 

Local Court

How committed:

 

A person who fails to appear in answer to a summons for the review of a decision.

 

Important note:

Defence: To appear might tend to incriminate the person.

 

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