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Armed Forces Discipline Act 1971

Offences - Offences relating to property

58: Receiving service property or property of comrade

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"Getting stolen army property is a crime"

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You can commit an offence if you receive service property or property belonging to someone in the armed forces, knowing it was stolen or misused. You could go to prison for up to 7 years if you do this. The rules about receiving stolen property in the Crimes Act 1961, specifically section 246(2) to (5), also apply to you if you are in the armed forces.

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Offences relating to property

58Receiving service property or property of comrade

  1. Every person subject to this Act commits an offence, and is liable to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 7 years, who receives—

  2. any service property; or
    1. any property belonging to a person subject to service law or in which a person subject to service law has a special property or interest—
        1. knowing the property to have been stolen or fraudulently misapplied.

      1. The provisions of section 246(2) to (5) of the Crimes Act 1961, with all necessary modifications, shall apply in respect of the receiving by any person subject to this Act of any property to which this section relates.

      Notes
      • Section 58(2): amended, on , by section 34 of the Crimes Amendment Act 2003 (2003 No 39).