Criminal Code Act 1995

Schedule - The Criminal Code  

Section 3

CHAPTER 9 - DANGERS TO THE COMMUNITY  

Part 9.1 - Serious drug offences  

Division 307 - Import-export offences  

Subdivision A - Importing and exporting border controlled drugs or border controlled plants  

SECTION 307.4   Importing and exporting border controlled drugs or border controlled plants - no defence relating to lack of commercial intent  

(1)    
A person commits an offence if:


(a) the person imports or exports a substance; and


(b) the substance is a border controlled drug or border controlled plant, other than a determined border controlled drug or a determined border controlled plant.

Penalty: Imprisonment for 2 years, or 400 penalty units, or both.


(2)    
The fault element for paragraph (1)(b) is recklessness.





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