Section 14
Evidence of pecuniary resources or property
(1)
In any trial or inquiry by a court into an offence under this
Act or into a conspiracy to commit, or attempt to commit, or an abetment of any such offence the fact that an accused person is in possession, for which he cannot satisfactorily account, of pecuniary resources or property disproportionate to his known sources of income, or that he had, at or about the time of the alleged offence, obtained an accretion to his pecuniary resources or property for which he cannot satisfactorily account, may be proved and may be taken into consideration by the court as corroborating the testimony of any witness in such trial or inquiry that such accused person has received a ransom for the release of a person who has been wrongfully confined or wrongfully restrained.
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(2)
An accused person shall, for the purposes of subsection (1), be deemed to be in possession of resources or property or to have obtained an accretion thereto where such resources or property are held or such accretion is obtained by any other person whom, having regard to his relationship to the accused person or to any other circumstances, there is reason to believe to be holding such resources or property or to have obtained such accretion in trust for or on behalf of such accused person or as a gift from such accused person.