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CRIMINAL PROPERTY CONFISCATION ACT 2000 - SECT 124

124 .         Cessation of charge

        (1)         A charge created on property under section 123(1) ceases to have effect as soon as any one of the following happens —

            (a)         the interstate criminal benefits declaration that gave rise to the charge ceases to have effect;

            (b)         the declaration is set aside by a court;

            (c)         the amount due under or as a result of the declaration is paid;

            (d)         the owner of the property becomes, according to the Interpretation Act 1984 section 13D, a bankrupt;

            (e)         the property is sold to a purchaser in good faith for value who, at the time of purchase, had no notice of the charge;

            (f)         the property is sold or otherwise disposed of in accordance with subsection (2).

        (2)         For the purposes of subsection (1)(f), property may be sold or otherwise disposed of —

            (a)         under an order made by a court under the corresponding law of the Commonwealth, or of the State or Territory, under which the interstate criminal benefits declaration was made; or

            (b)         by the owner of the property with the consent of the court that made the interstate criminal benefits declaration; or

            (c)         where an order of a court directs a person to take control of the property — by the owner of the property with the consent of the person.

        [Section 124 amended: No. 18 of 2009 s. 27.]



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