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CRIMINAL PROCEDURE ACT 1921 - SECT 179

179—Forfeiture abolished

        (1)         No confession, verdict, inquest, conviction or judgment of or for any treason or felony, or an offence formerly classified as a felony, will cause any attainder, forfeiture or escheat.

        (2)         When a person is charged with treason or felony, or an offence formerly classified as a felony, the jury will not be charged to inquire concerning the person's lands, tenements or goods or whether the person fled for the offence.

        (3)         In this section—

"forfeiture" does not include any fine or penalty imposed by way of sentence.



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