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CRIMINAL PROCEEDS CONFISCATION ACT 2002 - SECT 252

Possession etc. of property suspected of being tainted property

252 Possession etc. of property suspected of being tainted property

(1) A person must not receive, possess, dispose of, bring into Queensland, conceal or disguise property that may reasonably be suspected of being tainted property.
Penalty—
Maximum penalty—100 penalty units or 2 years imprisonment.
(2) If a person is charged with an offence against this section, it is a defence to the charge if the person satisfies the court that the person had no reasonable grounds for suspecting that the property mentioned in the charge was either tainted property or derived from any form of unlawful activity.
(3) In applying this section to a financial institution, the fact that the financial institution is, or has been, subject to a monitoring order or a suspension order must be disregarded.
(4) In this section—

"tainted property" includes property that is tainted property because of an interstate confiscation offence.



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