CRIMES ACT 1900 - SECT 189B
Prosecution under section 188 or 189 where property stolen in course of transmission
CRIMES ACT 1900 - SECT 189B
Prosecution under section 188 or 189 where property stolen in course of transmission
189B Prosecution under section 188 or 189 where property stolen in course of
transmission
(1) Where in the trial of a person for the offence under section 188 or 189 of
receiving, or disposing of, or attempting to dispose of, any property knowing
it to have been stolen, it is proved that the property was stolen in the
course of transmission between New South Wales and any other jurisdiction or
between any other jurisdiction and New South Wales--
(a) the person shall be
liable to be convicted of the offence without proof that the stealing took
place in New South Wales, and
(b) for the purpose of determining whether or
not the stealing amounts to a serious indictable offence or a
minor indictable offence, the stealing shall be deemed to have taken place in
New South Wales.
(2) For the purposes of subsection (1)
"other jurisdiction" means a State (other than New South Wales) or Territory
of the Commonwealth.
