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CRIMINAL PROPERTY FORFEITURE ACT - SECT 18

Orders for examination

18. Orders for examination

(1) The court that is hearing an application under section 17 may order a person to submit to an examination about any or all of the following:

(a) the nature, location and source of property that is subject to a restraining order;

(b) the nature, location and source of property that is not restrained but is suspected on reasonable grounds of being liable to forfeiture under this Act;

(c) the wealth, liabilities, income and expenditure of a declared drug trafficker or a person who has been charged with an offence and who could, if convicted of the offence, be declared to be a drug trafficker;

(d) the wealth, liabilities, income and expenditure of a person who has been convicted of a forfeiture offence;

(e) the wealth, liabilities, income and expenditure of a person who is suspected on reasonable grounds of being involved in or of having been involved in the commission of a forfeiture offence;

(f) the wealth, liabilities, income and expenditure of a person who has, or is suspected on reasonable grounds of having, unexplained wealth;

(g) the nature, location and source of any property-tracking documents.

(2) An examination order may do any or all of the following:

(a) require the person to give to the court any documents (including property-tracking documents) or information in the person's possession or control about the property described in the order;

(b) require the person to give to the court any documents (including property-tracking documents) or information in the person's possession or control about the person's wealth, liabilities, expenditure or income;

(c) require the person to give to the court any documents (including property-tracking documents) or information in the person's possession or control about another person's wealth, liabilities, expenditure or income;

(d) require the person to give to the court any information in the person's possession or control that could help to locate, identify or quantify any property or property-tracking documents referred to in subsection (1) or other documents or information about the matters referred to in that subsection;

(e) require the person to give any required information by affidavit or require the person to attend the court for examination, or both;

(f) give any directions or make any ancillary orders that are necessary or convenient for giving effect to the examination order or for ensuring that the person to whom the order is directed complies with the order.



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