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CRIME (CONFISCATION OF PROFITS) ACT 1993 - SECT 200 Effect of person's death

CRIME (CONFISCATION OF PROFITS) ACT 1993 - SECT 200

Effect of person's death

(1)  A reference in this Part to property of a person includes a reference to the property of a deceased person where the property was owned or effectively controlled by the person immediately before his or her death or given away by the person at any time before his or her death.
(2)  An order may be applied for and made under this Part –
(a) in respect of property that is or was owned or effectively controlled or given away by a person who died before the application or order is made; and
(b) on the basis of the activities of a person who died before the application or order is made.
(3)  If a person who owns restrained property dies, this Part continues to apply to the property in all respects as if the person had not died.
(4)  Without limiting this section, if a person who is a joint tenant of restrained property dies –
(a) the person's death does not operate to vest the property in the surviving joint tenant or tenants; and
(b) the wealth-restraining order continues to apply to the property as if the person had not died.