Commonwealth Consolidated Acts

CRIMES ACT 1914 - SECT 49

  (1)   A person commits an offence if:

  (a)   property has been attached, or taken, under the process or authority of a court; and

  (b)   the court was:

  (i)   a federal court; or

  (ii)   exercising federal jurisdiction; or

  (iii)   a court of a Territory; and

  (c)   the person receives, removes, retains, conceals or disposes of the property; and

  (d)   the person does so with the intention of hindering or defeating the attachment or process.

Penalty:   Imprisonment for 2 years.

  (2)   Absolute liability applies to the paragraph   (1)(b) element of the offence.

Note:   For absolute liability, see section   6.2 of the Criminal Code .