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Criminal Code Act 1983
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239 Person to whom property belongs
(1) For this Division, property belongs to anyone who has:
(a) possession or control of it; or
(b) any proprietary right or interest in it, other than an equitable
interest arising only from:
(i) an agreement to transfer or grant an interest; or
(ii) a constructive trust.
(2) If property is subject to a trust, the person to whom the property
belongs includes anyone having a right to enforce the trust.
(3) If property belongs to 2 or more persons:
(a) a reference in this Division to a person to whom the property
belongs is a reference to all those persons; and
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(b) for an offence committed by a person (the defendant) – a
reference in this Division to property belonging to another
person includes a reference to property belonging to the
defendant and other persons.