FORFEITURE ACT 1995 - SECT 5
Power of Supreme Court to modify effect of forfeiture rule
FORFEITURE ACT 1995 - SECT 5
Power of Supreme Court to modify effect of forfeiture rule
5 Power of Supreme Court to modify effect of forfeiture rule
(1) If a person has unlawfully killed another person and is thereby precluded
by the forfeiture rule from obtaining a benefit, any interested person may
make an application to the Supreme Court for an order modifying the effect of
the rule.
(2) On any such application, the Court may make an order modifying
the effect of the forfeiture rule if it is satisfied that justice requires the
effect of the rule to be modified.
(3) In determining whether justice
requires the effect of the rule to be modified, the Court is to have regard to
the following matters:
