sec.10.21AUnlawful possession of prescribed articles

### sec.10.21A Unlawful possession of prescribed articles A person must not unlawfully possess a prescribed article. Maximum penalty—40 penalty units. A person must not unlawfully supply to someone else a prescribed article that is evidence of the commission of an offence. Maximum penalty—40 penalty units. Subsection (2) does not prevent a person supplying a print, an audio recording, or a transcript of an audio or video recording, to a person charged with an offence of which the article is evidence or the person’s lawyer, for the purpose of enabling the person to defend the charge. A person must not possess a print, an audio recording, or a transcript of an audio or video recording supplied under subsection (3) after the time allowed for any appeal against a conviction for an offence of which the relevant article is evidence ends, unless the article is kept as part of court records or the records of a lawyer acting for the person charged with the offence. Maximum penalty—40 penalty units. In this section— prescribed article means any of the following that is the property of the commissioner— a print; a video recording; a transcript of an audio or video recording. s 10.21A ins 1998 No. 19 s 13 (sec.10.21A-ssec.1) A person must not unlawfully possess a prescribed article. Maximum penalty—40 penalty units. (sec.10.21A-ssec.2) A person must not unlawfully supply to someone else a prescribed article that is evidence of the commission of an offence. Maximum penalty—40 penalty units. (sec.10.21A-ssec.3) Subsection (2) does not prevent a person supplying a print, an audio recording, or a transcript of an audio or video recording, to a person charged with an offence of which the article is evidence or the person’s lawyer, for the purpose of enabling the person to defend the charge. (sec.10.21A-ssec.4) A person must not possess a print, an audio recording, or a transcript of an audio or video recording supplied under subsection (3) after the time allowed for any appeal against a conviction for an offence of which the relevant article is evidence ends, unless the article is kept as part of court records or the records of a lawyer acting for the person charged with the offence. Maximum penalty—40 penalty units. (sec.10.21A-ssec.5) In this section— prescribed article means any of the following that is the property of the commissioner— a print; a video recording; a transcript of an audio or video recording. s 10.21A ins 1998 No. 19 s 13 - (a) a print; - (b) a video recording; - (c) a transcript of an audio or video recording.