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Criminal Code Act 1983
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232 Dealing with suspicious property
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(b) it is reasonable to suspect that the money or other property is
proceeds of crime.
(3) It is a defence to a prosecution for an offence against
subsection (1) if the defendant had no reasonable grounds for
suspecting that the money or other property was derived or
realised, directly or indirectly, from some unlawful activity.
(4) The defendant has a legal burden of proof in relation to the matter
mentioned in subsection (3).
(5) For subsection (1)(b), it is taken to be reasonable to suspect that
money or other property is proceeds of crime if:
(a) the conduct mentioned in subsection (1)(a) involves a number
of transactions that are structured or arranged to avoid the
reporting requirements of the Financial Transaction Reports
Act 1988 (Cth) that would otherwise apply to the transactions;
or
(b) the conduct mentioned in subsection (1)(a) involves a number
of transactions that are structured or arranged to avoid the
reporting requirements of the Anti-Money Laundering and
Counter-Terrorism Financing Act 2006 (Cth) that would
otherwise apply to the transactions; or
(c) the conduct mentioned in subsection (1)(a) involves the use of
one or more accounts held with ADIs in false names; or
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(d) the conduct mentioned in subsection (1)(a) amounts to an
offence against section 139, 140 or 141 of the Anti-Money
Laundering and Counter-Terrorism Financing Act 2006 (Cth);
or
(e) the value of the money and property involved in the conduct
mentioned in subsection (1)(a) is, in the opinion of the trier of
fact, grossly out of proportion to the defendant's income and
expenditure over a reasonable period within which the conduct
occurs; or
(f) the conduct mentioned in subsection (1)(a) involves a
significant cash transaction within the meaning of the Financial
Transaction Reports Act 1988 (Cth), and the defendant:
(i) contravened the defendant's obligations under that Act
relating to reporting the transaction; or
(ii) gave false or misleading information in purported
compliance with those obligations; or
(g) the conduct mentioned in subsection (1)(a) involves a
threshold transaction within the meaning of the Anti-Money
Laundering and Counter-Terrorism Financing Act 2006 (Cth),
and the defendant:
(i) has contravened the defendant's obligations under that
Act relating to reporting the transaction; or
(ii) has given false or misleading information in purported
compliance with those obligations; or
(h) the defendant:
(i) has stated that the conduct mentioned in
subsection (1)(a) was engaged in on behalf of or at the
request of another person; and
(ii) has not provided information enabling the other person
to be identified and located.
Note for subsection (5)
Subsection (5) is not an exhaustive list of circumstances.
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