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INTERNATIONAL WAR CRIMES TRIBUNALS ACT 1995 - SECT 44

Requests for enforcement of forfeiture orders

  (1)   Subject to subsection   (3), if:

  (a)   a Tribunal requests the Attorney - General to make arrangements for the enforcement of a forfeiture order made in relation to property that is believed to be in Australia; and

  (b)   the Attorney - General is satisfied that a person has been convicted by the Tribunal of the Tribunal offence to which the order relates; and

  (c)   the Attorney - General is satisfied that the conviction and the order are not subject to further appeal in the Tribunal;

the Attorney - General may, in writing, authorise a proceeds of crime authority to apply for the registration of the order.

  (3)   The Attorney - General must not comply with the request if, in his or her opinion:

  (a)   complying with the request would prejudice Australia's sovereignty, security or national interest; or

  (b)   there are special circumstances justifying non - compliance.



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