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CRIMINAL LAW CONSOLIDATION ACT 1935 - SECT 138A

138A—Dealing in instruments of crime

        (1)         A person who deals in property is guilty of an offence if—

            (a)         the person knows that—

                  (i)         the property is an instrument of crime; and

                  (ii)         the dealing may facilitate the commission of a crime or assist an offender to escape detection or avoid any other consequence of the crime; and

            (b)         the person's conduct is dishonest.

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 deals in property is guilty of an offence if—

            (a)         the property is an instrument of crime; and

            (b)         the person—

                  (i)         ought reasonably to know that it is an instrument of crime; and

                  (ii)         is reckless about whether the dealing may facilitate the commission of a crime or assist an offender to escape detection or avoid any other consequence of the crime; and

            (c)         the person's conduct is dishonest.

Maximum penalty:

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

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

        (3)         In this section—

"crime" means—

            (a)         an indictable offence against the law of the State or a corresponding offence against the law of the Commonwealth, another State or a Territory, or a place outside Australia; or

            (b)         any of the following offences:

                  (i)         an offence of a kind that is required to be prosecuted, and dealt with by the Magistrates Court, as a summary offence under a provision of Part 5 Division 2 of the Controlled Substances Act 1984 ; or

                  (ii)         an offence against section 68(3) of the Criminal Law Consolidation Act 1935 ; or

                  (iii)         an offence against section 28(1)(a) of the Summary Offences Act 1953 ;

"instrument of crime" means—

            (a)         property that has been used or is intended for use for or in connection with the commission of a crime; or

            (b)         property into which any such property has been converted.



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