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PROCEEDS OF CRIME ACT 1987 - SECT 23

Registered foreign and international forfeiture orders

             (1)   If:

                     (a)   a foreign forfeiture order is registered in a court in Australia under the Mutual Assistance Act; or

                     (b)   an order is registered in a court in Australia under section 45 of the International War Crimes Tribunals Act 1995 ;

Division 2 applies in relation to the order as if subsections 19(5) and 20(3), (4), (5) and (6) and sections 21 and 22 were omitted.

             (2)   If:

                     (a)   a foreign forfeiture order against property is registered in a court in Australia under the Mutual Assistance Act; or

                     (b)   an order against property is registered in a court in Australia under section 45 of the International War Crimes Tribunals Act 1995 ;

the property may, subject to section 23A, be disposed of, or otherwise dealt with, in accordance with any direction of the Attorney-General or of a person authorised by the Attorney-General in writing for the purposes of this subsection.


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