Commonwealth Consolidated Acts Commonwealth Consolidated Acts(1) Charge in respect of the departure of a person from Australia is payable by the person before the departure.
(2) Where charge in respect of the departure of a person from Australia is not paid before the departure, the person commits an offence punishable upon conviction by a fine not exceeding 1 penalty unit.
(2A) Subsection ( 2) is an offence of strict liability.
Note: For strict liability , see section 6.1 of the Criminal Code .
(3) Where a person is convicted of an offence against subsection ( 2), the court may, in addition to imposing a penalty under that subsection, order the person to pay to the Commonwealth the amount of charge not paid by the person.