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Section 242: "Property obtained through unlawful conduct"

Proceeds of Crime Act 2002 · 2002 c. 29View on legislation.gov.uk

Part 5: Civil recovery of the proceeds etc. of unlawful conduct — Chapter 1: Introductory

A person obtains property through unlawful conduct (whether his own conduct or another's) if he obtains property by or in return for the conduct.

In deciding whether any property was obtained through unlawful conduct—

it is immaterial whether or not any money, goods or services were provided in order to put the person in question in a position to carry out the conduct,
it is not necessary to show that the conduct was of a particular kind if it is shown that the property was obtained through conduct of one of a number of kinds, each of which would have been unlawful conduct.

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