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PROCEEDS OF CRIME ACT 2002 - SECT 315

Proceedings are civil, not criminal

  (1)   Proceedings on an application for a * restraining order or a * confiscation order are not criminal proceedings.

  (2)   Except in relation to an offence under this Act:

  (a)   the rules of construction applicable only in relation to the criminal law do not apply in the interpretation of this Act; and

  (b)   the rules of evidence applicable in civil proceedings apply, and those applicable only in criminal proceedings do not apply, to proceedings under this Act.



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