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CRIMINAL PROPERTY CONFISCATION ACT 2000 - SECT 101

CRIMINAL PROPERTY CONFISCATION ACT 2000 - SECT 101

101 .         Courts’ jurisdiction for this Act

        (1)         The Supreme Court has jurisdiction in any proceedings under this Act.

        (2)         The District Court has jurisdiction in any proceedings under this Act in connection with property if —

            (a)         the property is not registrable real property; and

            (b)         the value of the property is not more than the jurisdictional limit (within the meaning of section 6 of the District Court of Western Australia Act 1969 ).

        (3)         The Magistrates Court has jurisdiction in proceedings under this Act in connection with property if —

            (a)         the property is not registrable real property; and

            (b)         the value of the property is not more than the jurisdictional limit (within the meaning of section 4 of the Magistrates Court (Civil Proceedings) Act 2004 ).

        (4)         Despite subsection (3), the Magistrates Court has no jurisdiction in proceedings for an unexplained wealth declaration or an examination order.

        (5)         Despite subsections (3) and (4), if both the applicant and the respondent consent, the Magistrates Court may hear and determine —

            (a)         an objection; or

            (b)         an application for —

                  (i)         an unexplained wealth declaration; or

                  (ii)         a criminal benefits declaration; or

                  (iii)         a crime-used property substitution declaration.

        (6)         A declaration, order, finding or decision of a court under this Act in relation to property is not invalid only because the value of the property exceeds the maximum permitted to be dealt with by the court under this section.

        (7)         Part VI of the District Court of Western Australia Act 1969 applies to proceedings on an application under this Act as if a reference in the first-mentioned Act to an action were a reference to an application under this Act.

        (8)         Nothing in this section affects the jurisdiction of a court in criminal proceedings under this Act.

        [Section 101 amended: No. 59 of 2004 s. 141; No. 2 of 2008 s. 61(2).]