Commonwealth Consolidated Acts

IMMIGRATION (GUARDIANSHIP OF CHILDREN) ACT 1946 - SECT 9

                   A person shall not, without lawful excuse (proof whereof shall lie upon him or her):

                     (a)  remove any non‑citizen child, or counsel or cause any non‑citizen child to be withdrawn or to abscond, from the custody of his or her custodian; or

                     (b)  knowing any non‑citizen child to have been so removed or withdrawn or to have so absconded, harbour or conceal the child or prevent him or her from returning to his or her custodian.

Penalty:  Two hundred dollars or imprisonment for six months.