CONFISCATION ACT 1997 - SECT 29 Contravention of restraining order

CONFISCATION ACT 1997 - SECT 29

    (1)     A person who knowingly contravenes a restraining order by disposing of, or otherwise dealing with, an interest in property to which the order applies is guilty of an indictable offence and liable to—

        (a)     level 5 imprisonment (10 years maximum); or

        (b)     a level 5 fine (1200 penalty units maximum) or a fine not exceeding the value of the interest (as determined by the court), whichever is greater—

or to both.

S. 29(2) amended by No. 42/2007 s. 18(Sch. item 9).

    (2)     If the prescribed particulars referred to in section 28(1) are recorded as required by that section, a person who disposes of, or otherwise deals with, an interest in the property after the recording of those particulars is, for the purposes of subsection (1), to be taken to know of the restraining order.