Victorian Consolidated Legislation

Confiscation Act 1997 - SECT 1

PART 1 PRELIMINARY

Purposes

1. Purposes

The purposes of this Act are-

   (a)  to provide for the forfeiture of the proceeds of certain offences,
        whatever the form into which they have been converted;

   (b)  to provide for the automatic forfeiture of restrained property of
        persons convicted of certain offences in certain circumstances;

   (c)  to provide for the forfeiture by the Supreme Court or the County Court
        of property restrained on suspicion that it is tainted property in
        relation to a Schedule 2 offence;

   (d)  to provide for the forfeiture of property used in connection with the
        commission of certain offences;

   (e)  to provide for the freezing of assets;

   (f)  to provide for the destruction or disposal of certain illegal goods;

   (g)  to provide for the effective enforcement of this Act and the
        management of seized and restrained assets;

   (h)  to preserve assets for the purpose of restitution or compensation to
        victims of crime;

        (i)    to amend the Sentencing Act 1991 to provide for the sentencing
               of continuing criminal enterprise offenders;

   (j)  to repeal the Crimes (Confiscation of Profits) Act 1986;

   (k)  to make consequential amendments to certain other Acts.