Criminal Property Forfeiture Act 2002
74Acquiring criminal benefit
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74 Acquiring criminal benefit (1) For this Act, a person has acquired a criminal benefit if: (a) any property, service, advantage or benefit that is a constituent of the person's wealth was directly or indirectly acquired as a result of the person's involvement in the commission of a forfeiture offence, (whether or not the property, service, advantage or benefit was lawfully acquired); or (b) the person has been involved in the commission of a forfeiture offence, and any property, service, advantage or benefit that is a constituent of the person's wealth was not lawfully acquired, (whether or not the property, service, advantage or benefit was acquired as a result of the person's involvement in the commission of the offence). (2) Without limiting subsection (1), the person has acquired a criminal benefit: (a) whether the property, service, advantage or benefit was acquired before, during or after the forfeiture offence was or is likely to have been committed; and (b) whether the property, service, advantage or benefit was acquired before or after the commencement of this Act; and (c) whether the forfeiture offence was committed before or after the commencement of this Act.