(1) A person must not, without lawful excuse, have an implement of housebreaking in his or her custody or possession.
Penalty: 2 years imprisonment.
S. 49D(2) amended by No. 68/2009 s. 97(Sch. item 115.11).
(2) The accused bears the burden of proving lawful excuse for having custody or possession of any implement to which a charge of an offence against subsection (1) relates.
S. 49E inserted by No. 56/2005 s. 5.