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Crimes Act 1961

Crimes against rights of property - Unlawful taking

228B: Possessing, selling, or disposing of goods designed, manufactured, or adapted with intent to facilitate commission of crimes involving dishonesty

You could also call this:

“It's against the law to have, sell, or give away things made to help people steal or cheat.”

You can get in trouble if you have, sell, or get rid of things that are made to help people steal or cheat. This includes things that were designed, made, or changed to make it easier for someone to commit a dishonest crime. If you have these things and you plan to use them, or let someone else use them, for a dishonest crime, you could go to jail for up to 3 years. This is only if you don’t have a good reason or permission to have these things.

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“Making or changing things to help people steal or cheat is against the law.”

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228C: Possessing goods capable of being used to facilitate crimes involving dishonesty with intent to facilitate commission of those offences, or

“Having tools for stealing without a good reason is against the law.”

Part 10 Crimes against rights of property
Unlawful taking

228BPossessing, selling, or disposing of goods designed, manufactured, or adapted with intent to facilitate commission of crimes involving dishonesty

  1. Every person is liable to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 3 years who, without lawful authority or excuse, possesses, sells, or disposes of any goods designed, manufactured, or adapted to facilitate the commission of a crime involving dishonesty, with intent to use, or to enable another person to use, the goods to facilitate the commission of a crime involving dishonesty.

Notes
  • Section 228B: inserted, on , by section 11 of the Crimes Amendment Act 2015 (2015 No 95).