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PROCEEDS OF CRIME ACT 1991 (NO. 103 OF 1991) - SECT 3

Principal objects

3. The principal objects of this Act are—

        (a)     to deprive persons of the proceeds of, and benefits derived from, the commission of offences against the laws of the Territory;

        (b)     to provide for the forfeiture of property used in or in connection with the commission of such offences;

        (c)     to enable law enforcement authorities effectively to trace such proceeds, benefits and property; and

        (d)     to provide for the enforcement in the Territory of forfeiture orders, pecuniary penalty orders and restraining orders made in respect of offences against laws of the States and other Territories.



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