Section 268BN — Migration Act 1958: Owner of document must be given copy

(1) If an officer retains a document under section 268BM, then the Secretary or Australian Border Force Commissioner must as soon as practicable: (a) certify a copy of the document to be a true copy; and (b) give the copy to the person (the owner) otherwise entitled to possession of the document. (2) The certified copy must be received in all courts and tribunals as evidence as if it had been the original. (3) Until the certified copy is given, the owner, or a person authorised by the owner, may inspect and make copies of, or take and retain extracts from, the original document at the times and places that the Secretary or Australian Border Force Commissioner thinks appropriate.