Criminal Code Act 1995
Section 3
CHAPTER 4 - THE INTEGRITY AND SECURITY OF THE INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY AND FOREIGN GOVERNMENTS[ CCH Note: Subdiv A heading will be inserted by No 5 of 2024, s 3 and Sch 1 item 1, applicable in relation to conduct engaged in on or after 8 September 2024. The heading will read:
]Subdivision A - Definitions
A person (the first person ) commits an offence if:
(a) the first person provides material support or resources to another person or an organisation (the receiver ); and
(b) the support or resources aids the receiver, or a person or organisation other than the receiver, to engage in conduct constituting the offence of people smuggling.
Penalty: Imprisonment for 10 years, or 1,000 penalty units, or both.
(2)
Subsection (1) does not apply if the conduct constituting the offence of people smuggling relates, or would relate, to:
(a) the first person; or
(b) a group of persons that includes the first person.
(3)
To avoid doubt, the first person commits an offence against subsection (1) even if the offence of people smuggling is not committed.
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