CONFISCATION ACT 1997 - SECT 133 Nature of proceedings
CONFISCATION ACT 1997 - SECT 133
Nature of proceedings(1) Proceedings on an application under this Act are civil in nature, except as otherwise provided by this Act.
S. 133(2) amended by No. 68/2010 s. 30(1).
(2) Despite subsection (1), the rules regulating the practice and procedure of a court in civil proceedings (except in relation to costs) do not apply to a proceeding on an application under this Act.
(3) The fact that criminal proceedings have been instituted or commenced is not a ground on which a court may stay proceedings under this Act.
S. 133A inserted by No. 43/1998
s. 32.