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Excise Act 1901
117DUnlawfully moving tobacco leaf
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117D Unlawfully moving tobacco leaf
(1) A person must not, without permission under section 44, intentionally move material that is tobacco seed, tobacco plant or tobacco leaf from one place to another knowing, or being reckless as to whether, the material is tobacco seed, tobacco plant or tobacco leaf.
(a) if the material is tobacco seed or tobacco plant—2 years imprisonment or 500 penalty units; and
(b) if the material is tobacco leaf—2 years imprisonment or the greater of:
(b) 5 times the amount of duty worked out under the regulations, being the duty that would be payable if the tobacco leaf had been manufactured into excisable goods and entered for home consumption on the penalty day.
(2) A person must not, without permission under section 44, move tobacco seed, tobacco plant or tobacco leaf from one place to another.