Northern Territory Consolidated Acts

MISUSE OF DRUGS ACT 1990 - SECT 8

    (1)     A person commits an offence if:

        (a)     the person intentionally receives or possesses property other than a dangerous drug; and

        (b)     the property was obtained directly or indirectly from the commission of:

            (i)     an offence against Subdivision 1; or

            (ii)     an act done at a place outside the Territory that:

(A)     if it had been done in the Territory, would have constituted an offence against Subdivision 1; and

(B)     is an offence under the law in force in the place where it was done; and

        (c)     the person has knowledge of the circumstance mentioned in paragraph (b).

Maximum penalty:     Imprisonment for 25 years.    

    (2)     A person commits an offence if:

        (a)     the person intentionally receives or possesses property ( secondary property ); and

        (b)     the secondary property is, wholly or in part:

            (i)     property for which other property has been mortgaged, pledged or exchanged; or

            (ii)     property into which other property has been converted; and

        (c)     the other property was obtained directly or indirectly from the commission of:

            (i)     an offence against Subdivision 1; or

            (ii)     an act done at a place outside the Territory that:

(A)     if it had been done in the Territory, would have constituted an offence against Subdivision 1; and

(B)     is an offence under the law in force in the place where it was done; and

        (d)     the person has knowledge of the circumstances mentioned in paragraphs (b) and (c).

Maximum penalty:     Imprisonment for 25 years.

    (3)     For the purpose of proving the receiving of property, it is sufficient to show that the accused person has, either alone or jointly with another person, aided in concealing the property or disposing of it.