Australian Capital Territory Current Acts

CONFISCATION OF CRIMINAL ASSETS ACT 2003 - SECT 138

    (1)     This section applies to an electronic copy of an authenticated interstate restraining order, interstate automatic forfeiture decision, interstate forfeiture order, interstate unexplained wealth order or of an authenticated copy of any amendment of such an order or decision.

    (2)     If the electronic copy is certified in accordance with the procedure of a relevant court, it is taken, for this Act, to be an authenticated copy of the order, decision or amendment.

    (3)     However, if the order, decision or amendment is registered in the relevant court using the electronic copy, the registration ceases to have effect at the end of 5 days after the day of registration, or when an authenticated copy of the order, decision or amendment is registered, whichever happens first.

    (4)     In this section:

"electronic copy", of a document, includes the following copies of the document:

        (a)     a faxed copy;

        (b)     an emailed copy;

        (c)     a scanned copy.