Destruction or concealment of evidential material or forfeited goods
107FN Destruction or concealment of evidential material or forfeited goods
A person must not engage in conduct if:
the conduct:
destroys, or renders incapable of identification, a document or thing that is, or may be, evidential material or a forfeited good; or
renders illegible or indecipherable such a document or thing; or
places or conceals on his or her body, or in any clothing worn by the person, such a document or thing; and
the conduct is engaged in with the intention of preventing it from being seized by an officer in the exercise of the person’s powers under a search warrant or a seizure warrant.
Penalty: Imprisonment for 2 years.
In this section:
engage in conduct means:
do an act; or
omit to perform an act.
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