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PROCEEDS OF CRIME ACT 2002 - SECT 144

Penalty amounts exceeding the court's jurisdiction

  (1)   If:

  (a)   a court makes a * pecuniary penalty order of a particular amount; and

  (b)   the court does not have jurisdiction with respect to the recovery of debts of an amount equal to that amount;

the registrar of the court must issue a certificate containing the particulars specified in the regulations.

  (2)   The certificate may be registered, in accordance with the regulations, in a court having jurisdiction with respect to the recovery of debts of an amount equal to the amount of the relevant order.

  (3)   Upon registration in a court, the certificate is enforceable in all respects as a final judgment of the court in favour of the Commonwealth.



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