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VICTIMS OF CRIME ASSISTANCE ACT 1976 - SECT 28 Effect of forfeiture order

VICTIMS OF CRIME ASSISTANCE ACT 1976 - SECT 28

Effect of forfeiture order

If the judge makes the forfeiture order –
(a) the property to which the order applies vests in the State –
(i) forthwith if it is property other than land; or
(ii) when it is registered under section 29 if it is land; and
(b) the property vests subject to every charge or encumbrance to which the property was subject immediately before the forfeiture order was made and, in the case of land, subject to every mortgage, lease or other interest to which the land was subject prior to the registration of the order under section 29 ; and
(c) if the property is not already in the possession of the State – the State may take possession of the property; and
(d) if the property is money – the State is entitled to pay the money into the victims fund.