New South Wales Consolidated Acts

CONFISCATION OF PROCEEDS OF CRIME ACT 1989 - SECT 44

44 Notice of applications and orders

(1) If an application has been made to the Supreme Court for a restraining order in respect of property--

(a) the Court may, if it thinks fit, require the officer making the application to give notice of the application to a person who the Court has reason to believe has an interest in the property or part of the property, and

(b) a person to whom the Court requires notice to be given under paragraph (a) is entitled to appear and to adduce evidence at the hearing of the application.

(2) If--

(a) a restraining order has been made in respect of property of a person, and

(b) the person was not notified of the application for the making of the restraining order,

the officer who made the application shall give notice to the person, as prescribed by the regulations or by rules of court, of the making of the order.