Australia
- Can Border Force search my phone, and must I unlock it?Australia
Border Force can examine your phone under the Customs Act. There is no law requiring your passcode — but refusing can mean seizure. The sources, quoted.
- Computer access orders under s.3LA of the Crimes ActAustralia
Crimes Act 1914 s.3LA lets a magistrate order you to unlock or help access a device. Refusing without excuse is an offence, Commonwealth-wide. Quoted.
- NSW digital evidence access orders: what LEPRA lets police requireAustralia
New South Wales can order you to help access data on or through your device. Refusing that order without excuse is an offence. LEPRA, quoted.
- Queensland device information orders under the PPRAAustralia
Queensland police can get a court order requiring you to use your access information to open a device. Contravening it is a Criminal Code offence. PPRA, quoted.
- Victoria's s.465AA assistance ordersAustralia
Victoria Police can seek a s.465AA order requiring help to access a device under a search warrant. Refusing without excuse risks up to 5 years. Quoted.
- The Identify and Disrupt Act: does it reach your phone?Australia
The 2021 Identify and Disrupt Act created agency warrants against remote data, not a power over your phone at a checkpoint. Quoted, with its 2029 sunset.