# Power to obtain information and documents about unlawful non-citizens

> act-s18 — as in force on 2026-06-04 — C2026C00232 · Compilation No. 171 — https://www.legislation.gov.au/C2026C00232/latest/text

18 Power to obtain information and documents about unlawful
          non-citizens
          (1) If the Minister has reason to believe that a person (in this
              subsection called the first person) is capable of giving information
              which the Minister has reason to believe is, or producing
              documents (including documents that are copies of other
              documents) which the Minister has reason to believe are, relevant
              to ascertaining the identity or whereabouts of another person whom
              the Minister has reason to believe is an unlawful non-citizen, the
              Minister may, by notice in writing served on the first person,
              require the first person:
                (a) to give to the Minister, within the period and in the manner
                     specified in the notice, any such information; or
                (b) to produce to the Minister, within the period and in the
                     manner specified in the notice, any such documents; or
                (c) to make copies of any such documents and to produce to the
                     Minister, within the period and in the manner specified in the
                     notice, those copies.
          (2) A notice under subsection (1) must set out the effects of section 21
              of this Act and sections 137.1 and 137.2 of the Criminal Code.