Proceeds of Crime Act 2002
15HOffences relating to orders made under section 15E
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15H Offences relating to orders made under section 15E
Offence for stating incorrect names in telephone orders (1) A person commits an offence if: (a) the person states a name of a magistrate in a document; and (b) the document purports to be a form of *freezing order under section 15E; and (c) the name is not the name of the magistrate who made the order.
Penalty: Imprisonment for 2 years or 120 penalty units, or both.
Offence for unauthorised form of order (2) A person commits an offence if: (a) the person states a matter in a form of *freezing order under section 15E; and (b) the matter departs in a material particular from the order made by the magistrate.
Penalty: Imprisonment for 2 years or 120 penalty units, or both.
Offence for service of unauthorised form of order (3) A person commits an offence if: (a) the person presents a document to a person; and (b) the document purports to be a form of *freezing order under section 15E; and (c) the document: (i) has not been approved by a magistrate under that section; or (ii) departs in a material particular from the terms given by the magistrate under that section.
Penalty: Imprisonment for 2 years or 120 penalty units, or both.
Offence for giving form of order different from that served (4) A person commits an offence if: (a) the person gives a magistrate a form of *freezing order under section 15E relating to a *financial institution; and (b) the person does so after presenting to the financial institution a document purporting to be a form of the freezing order; and (c) the form given to the magistrate is not in the same form as the document presented to the financial institution.
Penalty: Imprisonment for 2 years or 120 penalty units, or both.