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Section 23

New section 411a

of Penal Code (Amendment) Act 2014

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Section 23

The Code is amended by inserting after section 411 the following section:

“Receiving benefit derived from criminal activities of organized criminal group 411a.  (1)  Whoever receives from an organized criminal group a benefit that is derived from the criminal activities of the organized criminal group shall be punished with imprisonment for a term which may extend to six years if the person—

(a)

knows that it is an organized criminal group; and

(b)

knows or is reckless as to whether the benefit is derived from criminal activities of the organized criminal group.

(2)

For the purpose of this section, a benefit derived from the criminal activities of an organized criminal group is a benefit derived or realized or substantially derived or realized directly or indirectly from criminal activities of an organized criminal group.”.

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