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CONFISCATION OF CRIMINAL ASSETS ACT 2003 - SECT 241

Jurisdiction of Supreme Court

    (1)     The Supreme Court has jurisdiction to hear and decide any confiscation proceeding or any proceeding under part 11 (Interstate orders) in relation to a corresponding law order.

    (2)     The Supreme Court may, by order, transfer a confiscation proceeding to the Magistrates Court if the value of the property and benefits to which the proceeding relates (as decided by the Supreme Court)—

        (a)     is less than or equal to the amount the Magistrates Court may award for a personal action at law; and

        (b)     does not include land the title to which is genuinely in question.

    (3)     An order under subsection (2) may be made on the application of the DPP or of a person with an interest in the property or on the Supreme Court's own initiative.



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