Proceeds of Crime Act 2002
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Hide history noteOffence for stating incorrect names in telephone orders
15H(1)
A person commits an offence if:
(a) the person states a name of a magistrate in a document; and
(b) the document purports to be a form of *freezing order under section 15E ; and
(c) the name is not the name of the magistrate who made the order.
Penalty: Imprisonment for 2 years or 120 penalty units, or both.
Offence for unauthorised form of order
15H(2)
A person commits an offence if:
(a) the person states a matter in a form of *freezing order under section 15E ; and
(b) the matter departs in a material particular from the order made by the magistrate.
Penalty: Imprisonment for 2 years or 120 penalty units, or both.
Offence for service of unauthorised form of order
15H(3)
A person commits an offence if:
(a) the person presents a document to a person; and
(b) the document purports to be a form of *freezing order under section 15E ; and
(c) the document:
(i) has not been approved by a magistrate under that section; or
(ii) departs in a material particular from the terms given by the magistrate under that section.
Penalty: Imprisonment for 2 years or 120 penalty units, or both.
Offence for giving form of order different from that served
15H(4)
A person commits an offence if:
(a) the person gives a magistrate a form of *freezing order under section 15E relating to a *financial institution; and
(b) the person does so after presenting to the financial institution a document purporting to be a form of the freezing order; and
(c) the form given to the magistrate is not in the same form as the document presented to the financial institution.
Penalty: Imprisonment for 2 years or 120 penalty units, or both.
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