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CRIMINAL PROPERTY FORFEITURE ACT - SECT 53

Real property

53. Real property

(1) If a restraining order is issued in relation to land -

(a) the applicant in relation to the restraining order must lodge an instrument, together with a copy of the restraining order, with the Registrar-General;

(b) the instrument has effect as a memorandum referred to in section 35 of the Land Title Act and is taken to be lodged by the appropriate Minister; and

(c) the restraining order takes effect in relation to the land when the instrument is registered under the Land Title Act and the Registrar-General enters a statutory restrictions notice in the land register.

(2) If, in accordance with section 52, a restraining order ceases to have effect and the order relates wholly or in part to land -

(a) the DPP must lodge an instrument with the Registrar-General advising that the order has ceased to have effect; and

(b) despite section 52, the restraining order only ceases to have effect in relation to the land when the instrument referred to in paragraph (a) is registered under the Land Title Act and the statutory restrictions notice is removed from the land register.



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