South Australian Consolidated Acts South Australian Consolidated Acts24—Re-vesting of property in stolen goods on conviction of offender
(1) Where goods have
been stolen and the offender is prosecuted to conviction, the property in the
goods so stolen re-vests in the person who was the owner of the goods, or his
personal representative, notwithstanding any intermediate dealing with them,
whether by sale in market overt or otherwise.
(2) Notwithstanding
any enactment to the contrary, where goods have been obtained by fraud or
other wrongful means not amounting to larceny, the property in such goods
shall not re-vest in the person who was the owner of the goods, or his
personal representative, by reason only of the conviction of the offender.