Queensland Consolidated Acts

CRIMINAL PROCEEDS CONFISCATION ACT 2002 - SECT 150

150 Limitation on powers of Magistrates Courts

(1) A Magistrates Court may make a forfeiture order because of a conviction for an offence only if it is satisfied the total value of the property to be forfeited under the order and all other property forfeited under other undischarged forfeiture orders made by the court because of the conviction is not more than the limit of a Magistrates Court’s civil jurisdiction.

(2) A Magistrates Court may make a forfeiture order for real property only as permitted under a regulation.

(3) For this section, the value of property is its value as decided by the court.

(4) In this section—

"Magistrates Court" , other than in relation to the limit of the court’s civil jurisdiction, includes the Childrens Court constituted by a magistrate.