Commonwealth Consolidated Acts Commonwealth Consolidated Acts(1) A person commits an offence if:
(a) the person has been notified of:
(i) the making of a request by the Director - General for a questioning warrant in relation to the person; and
(ii) the effect of this subsection in connection with that request; and
(b) the person leaves Australia; and
(c) the leaving occurs after the person has been notified as mentioned in paragraph (a), and before:
(i) if the Attorney - General refuses to issue a questioning warrant in relation to the person--that refusal; or
(ii) if a questioning warrant is issued in relation to the person--the end of the period specified in the warrant as the period during which the warrant is to be in force; and
(d) the person does not have written permission from the Director - General to leave Australia at the time the person leaves Australia.
Penalty: Imprisonment for 5 years.
(2) The Director - General may give written permission for a person in relation to whom a questioning warrant is requested to leave Australia at a specified time. The permission may be given either unconditionally or subject to specified conditions.
Note: The Director - General may revoke or amend the permission: see subsection 33(3) of the Acts Interpretation Act 1901 .
(3) If a permission under subsection (2) is given subject to a condition and the condition is not met, the permission is not in force.