Crime (Confiscation of Profits) Act 1993
139Unexplained wealth
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139 Unexplained wealth
[Section 139 Inserted by No. 60 of 2013, s. 12, Applied:01 Mar 2014]
(1) For the purposes of this Act, a person may have unexplained wealth if the value of the person's total wealth as described in subsection (2) is greater than the value of the person's lawfully acquired wealth as described in subsection (3) .
(2) The value of the person's total wealth is the total value of all the items of property and benefits that together constitute the person's wealth.
(3) The value of the person's lawfully acquired wealth is the total value of all the items of property and benefits that –
(a) constitute the person's wealth; and
(b) were lawfully acquired.