Passports Act offences
False Vanuatu travel documents
A person commits an offence if he or she:
(a) makes a false Vanuatu travel document; or
(b) knowing a document to be a false Vanuatu travel document, without reasonable excuse:
(i) uses, deals with, or acts upon it as if it were genuine; or
(ii) causes another person to use, deal with, or act upon it as if it were genuine; or
(c) without reasonable excuse:
(i) has in his or her possession or under his or her control a document that he or she knows or has reason to suspect is a false Vanuatu travel document; or
(ii) sells, hires, lends, gives, or otherwise disposes of a document that he or she knows or has reason to suspect is a false Vanuatu travel document; or
(d) without lawful authority or reasonable excuse, makes or uses or has in his or her possession or disposes of any paper or other material that he or she knows is specially provided for any purpose relating to Vanuatu passport, certificate of identity or travel documents.
Making false or misleading statements
A person commits an offence if:
(a) the person makes a statement (whether orally, in writing or any other way) to another person that he or she knows to be false or misleading; and
(b) the statement is made in, or in connection with, an application for a Vanuatu travel document.
Improper use or possession of Vanuatu passport, certificate of identity or travel document
A person commits an offence if he or she:
(a) for purposes of travel and without reasonable excuse, uses a Vanuatu travel document, that he or she knows or has reasonable cause to suspect has expired or has been cancelled; or
(b) for purposes of travel or identification and without reasonable excuse, uses a Vanuatu travel document that he or she knows or has reasonable cause to suspect was issued to, or in respect of, another person; or
(c) being a person to whom a Vanuatu travel document has been issued, without reasonable excuse permits another person to have possession of that document in circumstances where he or she knows or has reasonable cause to suspect that the person intends to use it for purposes of travel or identification; or
(d) without lawful authority or reasonable excuse, takes or retains in his or her possession or under his or her control a Vanuatu travel document, against the will of the holder; or
(e) without reasonable excuse, has in his or her possession or under his or her control within Vanuatu:
(i) a passport issued by or on behalf of the Government of any country other than Vanuatu, being a passport that he or she knows or has reason to suspect has been falsified or has been obtained by false representation; or
(ii) a document purporting to be a passport issued by or on behalf of the Government of any country other than Vanuatu that he or she knows or has reason to suspect is not such a passport.
Unauthorised alteration, destruction or sale of Vanuatu travel document
A person commits an offence if he or she intentionally and without lawful authority:
(a) makes any alteration, addition, deletion or endorsement to a Vanuatu travel document; or
(b) destroys a Vanuatu travel document; or
(c) sells a Vanuatu travel document.
Offences relating to document information and material
Improper issue of documents
A person commits an offence if he or she, without lawful authority or reasonable excuse, issues a Vanuatu passport, certificate of identity or travel document (whether or not to the person to whom it relates) knowing that the person to whom it relates is not entitled to be issued it.
Failure to surrender document
A person commits an offence if he or she knowingly fails, without reasonable excuse, to comply with a demand to surrender a Vanuatu passport, certificate of identity or travel document to the Principal passport officer.
Penalties
A person who commits any offence specified in sections 14 to 20 is liable on conviction to a term of imprisonment not exceeding 5 years or to a fine not exceeding VT5,000,000 or both.
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护照法罪行
假瓦努阿图旅行证件
任何人如有以下行为,即属犯罪:
(a) 伪造瓦努阿图旅行证件;或
(b) 明知证件是伪造的瓦努阿图旅行证件,无正当理由:
(i) 使用、处理或处理它,就好像它是真的一样;或者
(ii)致使另一人使用、处理或处理该物品,犹如该物品是真品一样;或
(c) 无正当理由:
(i) 持有或控制一份他或她知道或有理由怀疑是虚假瓦努阿图旅行证件的文件;或
二出售、租用、出借、提供或以其他方式处置他或她知道或有理由怀疑是虚假瓦努阿图旅行证件的证件;或
(d) 在没有合法授权或合理辩解的情况下,制作、使用或拥有或处置他或她知道为任何目的专门提供的与瓦努阿图护照、身份证或旅行证件有关的任何纸张或其他材料。
作出虚假或误导性的陈述
任何人在下列情况下即属犯罪:
(a) 该人向另一人作出他或她明知是虚假或误导的陈述(口头、书面或任何其他方式);以及
(b) 该声明是在瓦努阿图旅行证件申请中提出的,或与之有关的。
不正当使用或持有瓦努阿图护照、身份证或旅行证件
任何人如有以下行为,即属犯罪:
(a) 出于旅行目的,在无合理辩解的情况下,使用他或她知道或有合理理由怀疑已过期或已被取消的瓦努阿图旅行证件;或
(b) 为旅行或身份查验之目的,在无合理辩解的情况下,使用他或她知道或有合理理由怀疑发给他人或与他人有关的瓦努阿图旅行证件;或
(c) 被发给瓦努阿图旅行证件的人,无合理辩解地允许另一人在他或她知道或有合理理由怀疑该人打算将该证件用于旅行或身份查验的情况下拥有该证件;或
(d) 未经合法授权或合理辩解,违反持有人的意愿,持有或控制瓦努阿图旅行证件;或
(e) 在瓦努阿图境内拥有或控制的,无正当理由的:
(i) 由瓦努阿图以外的任何国家的政府或代表瓦努阿图以外的任何国家的政府签发的护照,他或她知道或有理由怀疑该护照是伪造的或是通过虚假陈述获得的;或
二他或她知道或有理由怀疑由瓦努阿图以外的任何国家的政府或代表瓦努阿图的政府签发的看来是护照的文件不是这种护照。
未经授权涂改、销毁或出售瓦努阿图旅行证件
任何人如故意而无合法授权,即属犯罪:
(a) 对瓦努阿图旅行证件进行任何更改、添加、删除或背书;或
(b) 销毁瓦努阿图旅行证件;或
(c) 出售瓦努阿图旅行证件。
与文件资料及材料有关的罪行
文件发布不当
任何人在没有合法授权或合理辩解的情况下,明知瓦努阿图护照、身份证或旅行证件所涉的人无权获得该护照、身份证或旅行证件,即属犯罪。
未交出文件
任何人如明知而无合理辩解,不遵守向首席护照官交出瓦努阿图护照、身份证或旅行证件的要求,即属犯罪。
处罚
任何人犯第14至20条所指明的罪行,一经定罪,可处不超过5年的监禁或不超过5000000挪威盾的罚款,或两者兼有。
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