Banking Act 1959

Part IV - Gold  

SECTION 41   Transfer of gold out of Australia  

(1)    
A person shall not, except with the consent in writing of the Reserve Bank, take or send any gold out of Australia.

(2)    

A person commits an offence if:

(a) the person contravenes subsection (1); and

(b) (Repealed by No 154 of 2007)

(c) there is no instrument in force under section 48 exempting the person from the application of this subsection.

Penalty: 200 penalty units.

Note 1:

Chapter 2 of the Criminal Code sets out the general principles of criminal responsibility.

Note 2:

If a body corporate is convicted of an offence against this subsection, subsection 4B(3) of the Crimes Act 1914 allows a court to impose a fine of up to 5 times the penalty stated above.

(3)    
An offence against subsection (2) is an indictable offence.