17Receiving property directly derived from drug offence

17 Receiving property directly derived from drug offence

(1)  A person must not receive any property if the person –

(a) has no legal entitlement to the property; and

(b) knows that the property is directly derived from a drug offence committed by another person.

Penalty:  Imprisonment for a term not exceeding 21 years.

(2)  For the purposes of this section, property to which a person is legally entitled extends to property that is received by way of testamentary disposition, as reasonable payment for the supply of goods or services or in repayment of a lawful debt but does not extend to property received wholly or partly by way of gift.