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PROCEEDS OF CRIME ACT 2002 - SECT 49

Forfeiture orders--conduct constituting indictable offences etc.

             (1)  A court with * proceeds jurisdiction must make an order that property specified in the order is forfeited to the Commonwealth if:

                     (a)  the * DPP applies for the order; and

                     (b)  the property to be specified in the order is covered by a * restraining order under section 19 that has been in force for at least 6 months; and

                     (c)  the court is satisfied that one or more of the following applies:

                              (i)  the property is * proceeds of one or more * indictable offences;

                             (ii)  the property is proceeds of one or more * foreign indictable offences;

                            (iii)  the property is proceeds of one or more * indictable offences of Commonwealth concern;

                            (iv)  the property is an instrument of one or more * terrorism offences; and

                     (d)  the court is satisfied that each such offence that is not a terrorism offence was committed within the 6 years preceding the application for the restraining order, or since that application was made; and

                     (e)  the court is satisfied that the DPP has taken reasonable steps to identify and notify persons with an * interest in the property.

             (2)  A finding of the court for the purposes of paragraph (1)(c):

                     (a)  need not be based on a finding that a particular person committed any offence; and

                     (b)  need not be based on a finding as to the commission of a particular offence, and can be based on a finding that some offence or other of a kind referred to in paragraph (1)(c) was committed.

             (3)  Paragraph (1)(c) does not apply if the court is satisfied that:

                     (a)  no application has been made under Division 3 of Part 2‑1 for the property to be excluded from the * restraining order; or

                     (b)  any such application that has been made has been withdrawn.



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