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EXCISE ACT 1901 - SECT 117A Unlawfully moving excisable goods

EXCISE ACT 1901 - SECT 117A

Unlawfully moving excisable goods

  (1)   A person must not, without permission, intentionally move any excisable goods on which excise duty has not been paid from one place to another knowing, or being reckless as to whether, the goods are excisable goods on which excise duty has not been paid.

Penalty:   2 years imprisonment or the greater of:

  (a)   500 penalty units; and

  (b)   5 times the amount of duty that would be payable if the goods had been entered for home consumption on the penalty day.

Note:   See section   4AA of the Crimes Act 1914 for the current value of a penalty unit.

  (2)   A person must not, without permission, move any excisable goods on which excise duty has not been paid from one place to another.

Penalty:   100 penalty units.

  (3)   Strict liability applies to subsection   (2).