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CRIMINAL PROPERTY CONFISCATION ACT 2000 - SECT 129

129 .         Property protected from seizure and confiscation

        (1)         Property of any of the following kinds is protected from confiscation if it is not crime-used property —

            (a)         family photographs;

            (b)         family portraits;

            (c)         necessary clothing.

        (2)         Property of any of the following kinds is protected from confiscation if it is not crime-used property or crime-derived property —

            (a)         ordinary tools of trade;

            (b)         professional instruments;

            (c)         reference books.

        (3)         However, ordinary tools of trade, professional instruments and reference books that are owned or effectively controlled by the same person are protected from confiscation only to the extent that the combined value of the tools, instruments and books does not exceed the amount prescribed for the purposes of section 75(1)(c) of the Fines, Penalties and Infringement Notices Enforcement Act 1994 .

        (4)         Property that is protected from confiscation —

            (a)         is not confiscated under section 6, 7 or 8; and

            (b)         is not to be frozen; and

            (c)         is not to be taken, under a warrant of execution or otherwise, for the purpose of satisfying a person’s liability under section 14, 20 or 24; and

            (d)         is not to be seized under this Act or under a warrant under this Act.



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