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PROCEEDS OF CRIME ACT 2002 No. 85, 2002 - SECT 114

Returning property etc. following forfeiture ceasing to have effect

(1) The Minister must arrange for:

(a)
if property forfeited to the Commonwealth under section 92 is vested in the Commonwealth—an * interest in the property to be transferred to a person claiming to have had the interest in the property immediately before the forfeiture; or

(b)
if property forfeited to the Commonwealth under section 92 is no longer vested in the Commonwealth—an amount equal to the value of the interest in the property to be paid to the person;

if:

(c)
the forfeiture has ceased to have effect under section 107 or 111; and

(d)
the person applies to the Minister, in writing, for the transfer of the interest to the person; and

(e)
the person had that interest in the property at that time.

(2) If the Minister must arrange for the property to be transferred, the Minister may also, on behalf of the Commonwealth, do or authorise the doing of anything necessary or convenient to give effect to the transfer. (3) Without limiting subsection (2), things that may be done or authorised under that subsection include:

(a)
executing any instrument; and

(b)
applying for registration of an * interest in the property on any appropriate register.



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