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CRIME (CONFISCATION OF PROFITS) ACT 1993 - SECT 172
Order to return forfeited property
(1) On hearing an application under section 170 , the Supreme Court
may order the return to the applicant of his or her share of any forfeited
property if the applicant establishes to the satisfaction of the Court
that
(a) immediately before the property was forfeited, the applicant was the owner
of the property or was one of the owners of the property; and
(b) the share of the property was not effectively controlled by the person
whose unexplained wealth liability the property had been forfeited to satisfy;
and
(c) the applicant was not aware and could not reasonably be expected to have
become aware, until after the property was forfeited, that the property may
become subject to a wealth forfeiture order under Subdivision 3 of
Division 6 .
(2) If the Supreme Court orders the return of property under this
section
(a) if the property is money, the money is to be paid to the applicant; and
(b) if the property is land, the property is to be transferred under the
Land Titles Act 1980 to the applicant if
(i) the Court has ordered the return of the land in its entirety; and
(ii) the land has not been disposed of; and
(c) if the property is not money or land and has not been disposed of, the
property is to be given to the applicant; and
(d) if the property is not money and has been sold, the proceeds of the sale
are to be paid to the applicant.
(3) If the applicant is one of the owners of the property, the Supreme
Court may
(a) order the return of the applicant's share of the property; and
(b) order the return of another owner's share of the property if that owner is
not the person whose unexplained wealth liability the property had been
forfeited to satisfy.
(4) In an order under subsection (3) , the Supreme Court is to
specify
(a) the proportion that it finds to be the applicant's share of the property;
and
(b) if the Supreme Court makes an order under subsection (3)(b) , the
proportion that it finds to be the other owner's share of the property; and
(c) the proportion that it finds to be the share of the person whose
unexplained wealth liability the property had been forfeited to satisfy.
(5) If the Supreme Court makes an order under subsection (3) but
has not made an order under subsection (6) , the applicant is to
receive
(a) if the property is money, the applicant's share of the money; and
(b) if the property is not money, has not been disposed of and is divisible,
the applicant's share of the property; and
(c) if the property is
(i) not money; and
(ii) is not divisible or has been disposed of
the amount of money
that represents the applicant's share of the proceeds from the sale of the
property (when sold).
(6) If the applicant is entitled to the return of a share of forfeited
property under subsection (5)(c) that has not been disposed of, the
Supreme Court may order that the property is to be given to the applicant if
the Court also orders that the applicant pay to the State the value of the
share of the property that the Court does not order under subsection (3)
to be returned to the applicant or another owner.
(7) If the Supreme Court makes an order under this section, it may make
any necessary or convenient ancillary orders.
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