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CUSTOMS ACT 1901 - SECT 209A

Destruction or concealment of evidential material or forfeited goods

    A person must not:

  (a)   destroy, or render incapable of identification, a document or thing that is, or may be, evidential material or a forfeited good; or

  (b)   render illegible or indecipherable such a document or thing; or

  (c)   place or conceal on his or her body, or in any clothing worn by the person, such a document or thing;

with the intention of preventing it from being seized by an authorised person in the exercise of the person's powers under a search warrant, a seizure warrant or section   203B, 203C, 203CA or 203CB.

Penalty:   Imprisonment for 2 years.


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