CONFISCATION ACT 1997 - SECT 60 Consent orders

CONFISCATION ACT 1997 - SECT 60

    (1)     Subject to section 12, a court may make a pecuniary penalty order under this Division by consent of the applicant and the respondent.

S. 60(2) amended by Nos 43/1998

s. 36(u), 42/2007 s. 18(Sch. item 17).

    (2)     A law enforcement agency or an applicant for a pecuniary penalty order must not enter into an agreement to settle any matter in respect of which a pecuniary penalty order could be made under this Division and which involves the payment of money or the transfer of any interest in property to the State or 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. 60(2)(d) amended by No. 68/2009 s. 97(Sch. item 23.44).

        (d)     with the approval of the Supreme Court or the court before which the accused was convicted of the offence in reliance on which an application for a pecuniary penalty order could be made.

S. 61 amended by No. 68/2009 s. 97(Sch. item 23.45).