CONFISCATION ACT 1997 - SECT 34 Consent orders

CONFISCATION ACT 1997 - SECT 34

    (1)     Subject to section 12, a court may make a forfeiture order by consent of the applicant and the respondent and of any person whom it has reason to believe has an interest in property in respect of which the order is made.

S. 34(2) amended by No. 43/1998

s. 36(c).

    (2)     A law enforcement agency or an applicant for a forfeiture order must not enter into an agreement to settle any matter in respect of which a forfeiture order could be made under this Division and which involves the payment of money or the transfer of property to the Minister except—

        (a)     by way of a consent order under subsection (1); or

        (b)     as restitution of stolen property; or

        (c)     as compensation for loss or destruction of, or damage to, property; or

S. 34(2)(d) amended by No. 87/2004 s. 22(1)(e).

        (d)     with the approval of the Supreme Court or the court before which the person was convicted of the Schedule 1 offence.

Pt 3 Div. 1A (Heading and ss. 34A– 34C) inserted by No. 63/2003 s. 12.

Pt 3 Div. 1A (Heading) amended by No. 68/2010 s. 17.

Division 1A—Tainted property substitution declaration—forfeiture order

S. 34A inserted by No. 63/2003 s. 12.