Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2018C00182:section:15
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2018C00182
Segment Type: section
Provision Reference: s 15
Character Range: 19632–20391

15  Possessing filings, clippings etc.
 (1) A person shall not have in his or her possession any material that, to his or her knowledge, was obtained by dealing with genuine coin in such a manner as to diminish its weight, whether that material consists of filings, clippings, dust, bullion or diminished coin, is in solution or is in any other form.
Penalty:
 (a) in the case of a person, not being a body corporate—imprisonment for 5 years or 100 penalty units, or both; or
 (b) in the case of a person, being a body corporate—200 penalty units.
 (2) Subsection (1) does not apply if the person has a reasonable excuse.
Note: A defendant bears an evidential burden in relation to the matter in subsection (2) (see subsection 13.3(3) of the Criminal Code).