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(1)Any person who receives or retains any chattel, money, valuable security or other property, knowing or having reason to believe that it had been feloniously stolen, taken, extorted, obtained or disposed of, commits a felony and is liable, on conviction, to imprisonment for a term of fourteen years.
(2)Any person who receives or retains any chattel, money, valuable security or other property, knowing or having reason to believe that it had been unlawfully taken, obtained, converted or disposed of in a manner which constitutes a misdemeanour, commits a misdemeanour and is liable to the same punishment as the offender by whom the property was unlawfully obtained, converted or disposed of.
(3)No person, except a person pleading guilty, shall be convicted of an offence under this section unless it shall first be proved that the property which is the subject matter of the charge has in fact been stolen or feloniously or unlawfully taken, extorted, obtained, converted or disposed of.
(4)Whenever any person is being proceeded against under any of the provisions of this section for receiving or retaining any property, for the purpose of proving guilty knowledge, there may be given in evidence at any stage of the proceedings—
(a)the fact that other property stolen within the period of twelve months preceding the date of the offence charged, was found or had been in his or her possession;
(b)the fact that within the five years preceding the date of the offence charged, he or she was convicted of any offence involving fraud or dishonesty; but this fact may not be proved unless—
(i)seven days’ notice in writing has been given to the offender that proof of the previous conviction is intended to be given; and
(ii)evidence has been given that the property in respect of which the offender is being tried was found or had been in his or her possession, and
no evidence of the kind mentioned in this subsection may be given in any proceedings if there is included in the charge or indictment a count for any offence other than an offence under the provisions of this section.
A person who receives or keeps stolen goods knowing they were stolen commits a serious crime. You can be sentenced to up to 14 years in prison for rec...
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