# Offence to arrange pretended de facto relationship to obtain permanent residence

> act-s241 — as in force on 2026-06-04 — C2026C00232 · Compilation No. 171 — https://www.legislation.gov.au/C2026C00232/latest/text

241 Offence to arrange pretended de facto relationship to obtain
          permanent residence
          (1) If a person knows or believes on reasonable grounds that 2 other
              persons are not de facto partners of each other, the person must not
              make arrangements that make, or help to make, it look as if those
              other persons are such de facto partners with the intention of
              assisting one of those other persons to get a stay visa by appearing
              to satisfy a criterion for the visa because of being
              such de facto partners.










               Penalty: Imprisonment for 10 years or 1,000 penalty units, or
                        both.
          (2) Subsection (1) applies whether or not the intention is achieved.