PROCEEDS OF CRIME ACT 1987 No. 87, 1987 - SECT 82 Possession etc. of property suspected of being proceeds of crime

PROCEEDS OF CRIME ACT 1987 No. 87, 1987 - SECT 82

82. (1) A person who, after the commencement of this Act, receives, possesses,
conceals, disposes of or brings into Australia any money, or other property,
that may reasonably be suspected of being proceeds of crime is guilty of an
offence against this section punishable, upon conviction, by:

   (a)  if the offender is a natural person-a fine not exceeding $5,000 or
        imprisonment for a period not exceeding 2 years, or both; or

   (b)  if the offender is a body corporate-a fine not exceeding $15,000.

(2) Where a person is charged with an offence against this section, it is a
defence to the charge if the person satisfies the court that he or she had no
reasonable grounds for suspecting that the property referred to in the charge
was derived or realised, directly or indirectly, from some form of unlawful
activity.