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PROCEEDS OF CRIME ACT 2002 - SECT 179R

Enforcement of an unexplained wealth order

  (1)   An amount payable by a person to the Commonwealth under an * unexplained wealth order is a civil debt due by the person to the Commonwealth.

  (2)   An * unexplained wealth order against a person may be enforced as if it were an order made in civil proceedings instituted by the Commonwealth against the person to recover a debt due by the person to the Commonwealth.

  (3)   The debt arising from the order is taken to be a judgment debt.

  (4)   If an * unexplained wealth order is made against a person after the person's death, this section has effect as if the person had died on the day after the order was made.



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