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Crimes Act 1961

Crimes against rights of property - Goods that facilitate commission of crimes involving dishonesty

239A: Designing, manufacturing, or adapting goods with intent to facilitate commission of crimes involving dishonesty

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"Making things to help people commit dishonest crimes is against the law"

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If you design, make, or change goods to help someone commit a crime involving dishonesty, you can go to prison for up to 3 years. You will be in trouble if you do this on purpose. The law is clear about what happens if you help someone commit a crime by making or changing goods.

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"Having or selling things that help people commit crimes like stealing is against the law"

Part 10Crimes against rights of property
Goods that facilitate commission of crimes involving dishonesty

239ADesigning, manufacturing, or adapting goods with intent to facilitate commission of crimes involving dishonesty

  1. Every person is liable to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 3 years who designs, manufactures, or adapts goods with intent to facilitate the commission of a crime involving dishonesty.

Notes
  • Section 239A: inserted, as section 228A, on , by section 11 of the Crimes Amendment Act 2015 (2015 No 95).
  • Section 239A: renumbered, on , by section 60 of the Budapest Convention and Related Matters Legislation Amendment Act 2025 (2025 No 39).