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CONFISCATION OF PROCEEDS OF CRIME ACT 1989 - SECT 43
Restraining orders
43 Restraining orders
(1) If a person (in this section referred to as the
"defendant" ) has been, or is about to be, charged with, or has been convicted
of, a serious offence, an appropriate officer may apply to the Supreme Court,
ex parte, for an order in respect of- (a) specified property of the defendant,
or
(b) all the property of the defendant (including property acquired after
the making of the order), or
(c) specified property of the defendant and all
other property of the defendant (including property acquired after the making
of the order), or
(d) all the property of the defendant (including property
acquired after the making of the order) other than specified property, or
(e)
specified property of a person other than the defendant.
(2) If- (a) an
application made to the Supreme Court under subsection (1) in reliance on the
charging, or the proposed charging, of the defendant with a serious offence is
supported by an affidavit of an authorised officer stating that the
authorised officer believes that- (i) the defendant committed the offence, and
(ii) the property to which the application relates is tainted property or
substitutable tainted property in relation to the offence or the defendant
derived benefits because of having committed the offence or, if the offence is
a drug trafficking offence, is the defendant’s proceeds of drug trafficking,
and
(iii) the property is the property of the defendant,
and setting out the
grounds on which the authorised officer holds those beliefs, and
(b) the
Court considers that, having regard to the matters contained in the affidavit
and any evidence adduced under section 44 (1) (b), there are reasonable
grounds for holding those beliefs,
the Court may, by order- (c) direct that
the property, or such part of the property as is specified in the order, is
not to be disposed of, or otherwise dealt with, by the defendant or by any
other person, except in such manner and in such circumstances (if any) as are
specified in the order, and
(d) if the Court considers that the circumstances
so require-direct the NSW Trustee and Guardian to take control of the
property, or such part of the property as is specified in the order.
(3)
Where an application is made under subsection (1) in reliance on the proposed
charging of a person with a serious offence, the Supreme Court shall not make
a restraining order unless it is satisfied that the person is likely to be
charged with the offence or a related offence within 48 hours.
(4) If an
application under this section seeks a restraining order against specified
property of a person other than the defendant, the Supreme Court shall not
make a restraining order against the property unless- (a) the application is
supported by an affidavit of an authorised officer stating that- (i) the
authorised officer believes that the property is tainted property in relation
to the serious offence with which the defendant has been, or is about to be,
charged or has been convicted of or is the defendant’s proceeds of
drug trafficking, or
(ii) the authorised officer believes that- (A) the
property is subject to the effective control of the defendant, and
(B) the
defendant has derived a benefit, directly or indirectly, from the commission
of the serious offence, and
(b) the Court is satisfied, having regard to the
matters contained in the affidavit and any evidence adduced under section 44
(1) (b), that there are reasonable grounds for holding that belief.
(5) In
determining whether there are reasonable grounds to believe that property is
in the effective control of the defendant the Supreme Court may have regard to
the matters referred to in section 10 (meaning of “effective control of
property”).
(6) A restraining order may be made subject to such conditions
as the Supreme Court thinks fit and, without limiting the generality of this,
may make provision for meeting out of the property, or a specified part of the
property, to which the order applies all or any of the following- (a) the
defendant’s reasonable living expenses (including the reasonable living
expenses of the defendant’s dependants (if any)) and reasonable business
expenses,
(b) the defendant’s reasonable expenses in defending a criminal
charge.
(7) The Supreme Court may refuse to make a restraining order if the
State refuses or fails to give to the Court such undertakings as the Court
considers appropriate with respect to the payment of damages or costs, or
both, in relation to the making and operation of the order.
(8) For the
purposes of an application under subsection (1), an appropriate officer may,
on behalf of the State, give to the Supreme Court such undertakings with
respect to the payment of damages or costs, or both, as are required by the
Court.
(9) A restraining order may not be made in respect of property
affected by a freezing notice or the subject of a current application for a
freezing notice under this Act.
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