Version No. 070 Confiscation Act 1997 No. 108 of 1997 Version incorporating amendments as at 30 December 2014 The Parliament of enacts as follows: 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 civil forfeiture by the S. 1(c) substituted by Supreme Court or the County Court of No. 87/2004 property restrained on suspicion that it is s. 4, amended by tainted property in relation to a Schedule 2 No. 68/2010 offence; s. 34. (d) to provide for the forfeiture of property used in connection with the commission of certain offences; (da) to provide for the forfeiture of property of a S. 1(da) inserted by person who is unable to satisfy a court that No. 79/2014 the property was lawfully acquired; s. 3. (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;
Version No. 070 Confiscation Act 1997 No. 108 of 1997 Version incorporating amendments as at 30 December 2014 The Parliament of enacts as follows: 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; S. 1(c) substituted by No. 87/2004 s. 4, amended by No. 68/2010 s. 34. (c) to provide for the civil 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; S. 1(da) inserted by No. 79/2014 s. 3. (da) to provide for the forfeiture of property of a person who is unable to satisfy a court that the property was lawfully acquired; (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;