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Crime (Confiscation of Profits) Act 1993
66BDealing with property suspected of being proceeds of crime
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### 66B Dealing with property suspected of being proceeds of crime
> [*\[Section 66B Inserted by No. 53 of 2007, s. 6, Applied:13 Dec 2007\]*](/view/html/inforce/2007-12-13/act-2007-053#GS6@EN)
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> > (1) A person who deals with property, if there are reasonable grounds to suspect that the property is proceeds of crime, is guilty of an offence.
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> > Penalty: Imprisonment for a term not exceeding 2 years.
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> > (2) It is a defence to a prosecution for an offence under this section if the defendant satisfies the court that he or she had no reasonable grounds for suspecting that the property was substantially derived or realised, directly or indirectly, from an act or omission constituting an offence against a law in force in the Commonwealth, a State or a Territory.