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CRIMES (TRAFFIC IN NARCOTIC DRUGS AND PSYCHOTROPIC SUBSTANCES) ACT 1990 - SECT 17

Presumption that traffickable quantity etc. of narcotic drug etc. is for sale or supply

For the purposes of this Act, where a person:

(a)
has in his or her possession; or
(b)
imports into, or exports from, Australia; or
(c)
has in his or her possession with the intention of importation into, or exportation from, Australia;

a traffickable quantity or a commercial quantity of a narcotic drug or of a psychotropic substance specified in Part 1 of Schedule 3, it is presumed that:

(d)
the possession; or
(e)
the importation or exportation; or
(f)
the intended importation or exportation;

as the case may be, is with the intention of sale or supply, but that presumption is rebuttable.



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