Commonwealth Consolidated Acts

AUSTRALIAN SECURITY INTELLIGENCE ORGANISATION ACT 1979 - SECT 34GC

  (1)   The subject of a questioning warrant commits an offence if:

  (a)   the subject is notified of:

  (i)   the issue of the warrant; and

  (ii)   the effect of this subsection; and

  (b)   the subject leaves Australia; and

  (c)   the leaving occurs:

  (i)   after the subject is notified as mentioned in paragraph   (a); and

  (ii)   before the end of the period specified in the warrant as the period during which the warrant is to be in force; and

  (d)   the subject does not have written permission from the Director - General to leave Australia at the time the subject leaves Australia.

Note:   A notice of the issue of a questioning warrant under subparagraph   (a)(i) may be given under section   34BH or otherwise.

Penalty:   Imprisonment for 5 years.

  (2)   The Director - General may give written permission for the subject of a questioning warrant 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.