New South Wales Consolidated Acts

PRICES REGULATION ACT 1948 - SECT 42

42 Corners and restrictions on circulation of goods

(1) A person shall not, with intent to corner the market or restrain trade therein, hold or buy up any goods and store or retain them in his or her possession or under his or her control, whether the maximum price thereof has or has not been fixed and declared under this Act.

(2) In addition to any penalty that may be imposed for an offence against subsection (1), the court may order that the whole of such goods, or such quantity thereof as the court so orders, shall be forfeited to the Crown.