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PROCEEDS OF CRIME ACT 1987 - SECT 97

Dealings with forfeited property

  (1)   A person who knows that a forfeiture order has been made in respect of registrable property shall not, unless the forfeiture order has been discharged, dispose of, or otherwise deal with, the property before the Commonwealth's interest has been registered on the appropriate register.

  (2)   A person who contravenes subsection   ( 1) commits an offence against this section punishable, upon conviction, by:

  (a)   where the offender is a natural person-- imprisonment for a period not exceeding 5 years or a fine not exceeding 100 penalty units , or both; or

  (b)   if the offender is a body corporate--a fine not exceeding 500 penalty units .



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