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MUTUAL ASSISTANCE IN CRIMINAL MATTERS ACT 1987 - SECT 34B

Enforcement of foreign forfeiture orders

  (1)   A foreign forfeiture order registered in a court under this Subdivision   has effect, and may be enforced, as if it were a forfeiture order made by the court under the Proceeds of Crime Act at the time of registration.

  (2)   In particular, section   68 of the Proceeds of Crime Act applies in relation to the forfeiture order as if:

  (a)   the reference in subparagraph   68(1)(b)(i) of that Act to a proceeds of crime authority having applied for the order were a reference to the foreign forfeiture order having been made; and

  (b)   subparagraph   68(1)(b)(ii) of that Act did not apply if the person in question died after the authority applied for registration of the order under section   34A of this Act.

  (3)   Subject to section   34C, property that is subject to a foreign forfeiture order registered under this Subdivision   may be disposed of, or otherwise dealt with, in accordance with any direction of the Attorney - General or of a person authorised by the Attorney - General in writing for the purposes of this subsection.

  (4)   Sections   69 and 70 and Divisions   5 to 7 of Part   2 - 2 of the Proceeds of Crime Act do not apply in relation to a foreign forfeiture order registered under this Subdivision.



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