[2001.]
Criminal Justice (Theft and Fraud
Offences) Act, 2001.
[No. 50.]
(a) converts, transfers or handles the property, or removes Pt.3 S.21
it from the State, with the intention of—
(i) concealing or disguising its true nature, source,
location, disposition, movement or ownership or
any rights with respect to it, or
(ii) assisting another person to avoid prosecution for
the criminal conduct concerned, or
(iii) avoiding the making of a confiscation order or a
confiscation co-operation order (within the
meaning of section 46 of this Act) or frustrating
its enforcement against that person or another
person,
(b) conceals or disguises its true nature, source, location,
disposition, movement or ownership or any rights
with respect to it, or
(c) acquires, possesses or uses the property.
(2) A person guilty of money laundering is liable—
(a) on summary conviction, to a fine not exceeding £1,500
or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 12
months or to both, or
(b) on conviction on indictment, to a fine or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 14 years or to both.
(3) Where a person—
(a) converts, transfers, handles or removes from the State
any property which is or represents the proceeds of
criminal conduct,
(b) conceals or disguises its true nature, source, location,
disposition, movement or ownership or any rights
with respect to it, or
(c) acquires, possesses or uses it,
in such circumstances that it is reasonable to conclude that the
person—
(i) knew or believed that the property was or represented
the proceeds of criminal conduct, or
(ii) was reckless as to whether it was or represented such
proceeds,
the person shall be taken to have so known or believed or to
have been so reckless, unless the court or jury, as the case may
be, is satisfied having regard to all the evidence that there is a
reasonable doubt as to whether the person so knew or believed
or was so reckless.
(4) Where a person first referred to in subsection (1) of this
section does an act referred to in paragraph (a) of that subsection in such circumstances that it is reasonable to conclude that
the act was done with an intention specified in that paragraph,
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