15. Providing financial services for purposes of people smuggling

(1)

Any person who, directly or indirectly, provides or makes available financial services or facilities -

(a)

intending that the services or facilities be used, or knowing or having reasonable grounds to believe that the services or facilities will be used, in whole or part, for .the purpose of committing or facilitating

the commission of an offence of people smuggling or for the purpose of benefiting any person who is committing or facilitating the commission of an offence of people smuggling; or

(b)

knowingly or having reasonable grounds to believe that, in whole or in part, the services or facilities will be used by or will benefit any person involved in an offence of people smuggling, is guilty of an offence and liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding

$50,000, imprisonment for a term not exceeding 10 years or both.

(2)

For the purpose of subsection (I), "financial services or facilities"

includes the services and facilities offered by advocates or accountants acting as nominees or agents for their clients.

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