Persons unlawfully in possession of property

527C   Persons unlawfully in possession of property

(1)  Any person who:

(a)  has any thing in his custody,

(b)  has any thing in the custody of another person,

(c)  has any thing in or on premises, whether belonging to or occupied by himself or not, or whether that thing is there for his own use or the use of another, or

(d)  gives custody of any thing to a person who is not lawfully entitled to possession of the thing,

      which thing may be reasonably suspected of being stolen or otherwise unlawfully obtained, shall be liable on conviction before a stipendiary magistrate to imprisonment for 6 months, or to a fine of 5 penalty units.

(2)  It is a sufficient defence to a prosecution for an offence under subsection (1) if the defendant satisfies the court that he had no reasonable grounds for suspecting that the thing referred to in the charge was stolen or otherwise unlawfully obtained.

(3)  In this section, premises includes any structure, building, vehicle, vessel, whether decked or undecked, or place, whether built upon or not, and any part thereof.