Australian Capital Territory Current Acts

CRIMINAL CODE 2002 - SECT 639

A person commits an offence if—

        (a)     the person—

              (i)     conceals property; or

              (ii)     transfers property to someone else; or

              (iii)     converts property; or

              (iv)     removes property from the ACT;

knowing that the property is directly or indirectly derived from a drug offence; and

        (b)     the person does so with the intention of evading or assisting someone else to evade—

              (i)     prosecution for a drug offence; or

              (ii)     the imposition or enforcement of a pecuniary penalty for a drug offence; or

              (iii)     the making or enforcement of an order for the confiscation or forfeiture of property or any part of it.

Maximum penalty: imprisonment for 20 years, 2 000 penalty units or both.