Australian Capital Territory Numbered Acts

CONFISCATION OF CRIMINAL ASSETS ACT 2003 (NO. 8 OF 2003) - SECT 236

    (1)     In this Act:

"confiscation proceeding "means a proceeding in a relevant court in relation to any of the following orders under this Act:

        (a)     a restraining order;

        (b)     an additional order under section 39 in relation to a restraining order or restrained property;

        (c)     a conviction forfeiture order;

        (d)     an order under section 59 (Automatic forfeiture—court order declaring property automatically forfeited);

        (e)     an order under section 60 (Automatic forfeiture—court orders);

        (f)     a civil forfeiture order;

        (g)     an exclusion order;

        (h)     a penalty order;

              (i)     an order under section 105 (Order to stop sale, modification or destruction of restrained property);

        (j)     an order under section 113 for the discharge of a registered property interest in forfeited property;

        (k)     an order under division 9.4 (Sale of jointly owned forfeited property);

        (l)     a return or compensation order;

        (m)     a monitoring order;

        (n)     a transaction suspension order;

        (o)     a production order;

        (p)     an examination order

        (q)     a buyback order;

        (r)     an order under section 239 (2) (c) or 240 (2) to transfer a proceeding to another court;

        (s)     an additional order under section 250 (Confiscation proceedings—additional orders);

        (t)     an order under this Act in relation to an order mentioned in paragraphs (a) to (s), whether made before, at the same time, or after the making of that order.

Examples for par (t)—general

1     an order under section 24 to set aside a dealing with restrained property

2     an order under section 35 restricting the disclosure of the making of a restraining order

3     an order under section 49 extending the operation of a restraining order

4     an interlocutory order in relation to an order mentioned in paragraphs (a) to (s)

Examples for par (t)—additional orders under s 39 and s 250

1     See the examples to s 39 (1) for examples of additional orders in relation to restraining orders and restrained property.

2     See the examples to s 250 (1) for examples of additional orders in relation to other confiscation proceedings.

Note     An example is part of the Act, is not exhaustive and may extend, but does not limit, the meaning of the provision in which it appears (see Legislation Act, s 126 and s 132).

    (2)     However, a confiscation proceeding does not include—

        (a)     a registered corresponding law order that is taken to be a kind of order mentioned in subsection (1); or

        (b)     a proceeding under part 11 (Interstate orders).