Possessing filings, clippings etc
15 Possessing filings, clippings etc
A person shall not have in his or her possession any material that, to his or her knowledge, was obtained by dealing with genuine coin in such a manner as to diminish its weight, whether that material consists of filings, clippings, dust, bullion or diminished coin, is in solution or is in any other form.
Penalty:
in the case of a person, not being a body corporate—imprisonment for 5 years or 100 penalty units, or both; or
in the case of a person, being a body corporate—200 penalty units.
Subsection (1) does not apply if the person has a reasonable excuse.
A defendant bears an evidential burden in relation to the matter in subsection (2) (see subsection 13.3(3) of the Criminal Code).
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