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SENTENCING ACT 1995 - SECT 120A

120A .         Sheriff’s powers to enforce restitution order

        (1)         If a person against whom a restitution order has been made does not comply with the order, the victim in whose favour the order was made may request the Sheriff of Western Australia to seize the property and deliver it to the victim.

        (2)         On receiving such a request and a copy of the restitution order, the Sheriff may seize the property and deliver it to the victim and for that purpose may enter any place where the Sheriff reasonably believes the property may be.

        (3)         Regulations may provide for the costs of the Sheriff to be paid by the victim and then recovered from the person who did not comply with the restitution order.

        [Section 120A inserted by No. 57 of 1999 s. 33.]



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