Commonwealth Consolidated Acts

CRIMES (TRAFFIC IN NARCOTIC DRUGS AND PSYCHOTROPIC SUBSTANCES) ACT 1990 - SECT 15B

(1)

Any person who, knowing that any property was derived from a serious State drug offence, in a State other than a prescribed State or a Territory other than a prescribed Territory, conceals or disguises:

(a)

the nature, source, or location, of the property; or

(b)

any movement of the property; or

(c)

the rights of any person with respect to the property; or

(d)

the identity of any owner of the property;

is guilty of an offence punishable, on conviction, by imprisonment for a period not exceeding 20 years.

(2)

For the purposes of an offence against this section, absolute liability applies to the physical element of circumstance of the offence, that the concealing or disguising takes place in:

(a)

a State other than a prescribed State; or

(b)

a Territory other than a prescribed Territory.

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