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CRIMINAL LAW CONSOLIDATION ACT 1935 - SECT 138

138—Money laundering

        (1)         A person who engages, directly or indirectly, in a transaction involving property the person knows to be tainted property is guilty of an offence.

Maximum penalty:

In the case of a natural person—Imprisonment for 20 years.

In the case of a body corporate—$600 000.

        (2)         A person who engages, directly or indirectly, in a transaction involving tainted property in circumstances in which the person ought reasonably to know that the property is tainted is guilty of an offence.

Maximum penalty:

In the case of a natural person—Imprisonment for 4 years.

In the case of a body corporate—$120 000.

        (3)         A "transaction" includes any of the following:

            (a)         bringing property into the State;

            (b)         receiving property;

            (c)         being in possession of property;

            (d)         concealing property;

            (e)         disposing of property.



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