Possession etc. of property suspected of being tainted property
252 Possession etc. of property suspected of being tainted property
(1) A person must not receive, possess, dispose of, bring into Queensland,
conceal or disguise property that may reasonably be suspected of being
tainted property.
Penalty—
Maximum penalty—100 penalty units or 2
years imprisonment.
(2) If a person is charged with an offence against this
section, it is a defence to the charge if the person satisfies the court that
the person had no reasonable grounds for suspecting that the property
mentioned in the charge was either tainted property or derived from any form
of unlawful activity.
(3) In applying this section to a financial
institution, the fact that the financial institution is, or has been, subject
to a monitoring order or a suspension order must be disregarded.
(4) In this
section—
"tainted property" includes property that is tainted property because of an
interstate confiscation offence.
