14Restraining orders

14 Restraining orders (1) A restraining order is an order that no property or interest in property, that is property or an interest to which the order applies, is to be disposed of, or otherwise dealt with by any person except in the manner and circumstances (if any) specified in the order. (2) If a provision of this Act confers a power to apply for a restraining order in respect of property in which a person has an interest, the application may be made in respect of one or more of the following— (c) specified property of the person and all other property of the person, including property acquired after the making of the order; (d) all the property of the person, including property acquired after the making of the order, other than specified property; S. 14(3) substituted by No. 55/2014 s. 54. (3) If the court making a restraining order considers that the circumstances so require, the order may direct one of the following to take control of some or all of the property specified in the order— S. 14(3)(b) amended by Nos 20/2015 s. 7, 26/2024 s. 6(1)(a). S. 14(3)(c) inserted by No. 26/2024 s. 6(1)(b). (c) any other person specified by the court in the order. S. 14(3A) inserted by No. 26/2024 s. 6(2). (3A) A court, when making a restraining order, has power to give any other directions that are necessary to give effect to the restraining order. (4) A restraining order may, at the time it is made or at a later time, provide for meeting— (b) reasonable business expenses— of any person to whose property the order applies if the court that makes or made the order is satisfied that these expenses cannot be met from unrestrained property or income of the person. S. 14(5) amended by No. 26/2024 s. 6(3). (5) Subject to subsection (5A), a court, in making a restraining order, must not provide for the payment of legal expenses in respect of any legal proceeding, whether criminal or civil, and whether in respect of a charge to which the restraining order relates or otherwise. S. 14(5A) inserted by No. 26/2024 s. 6(4). (5A) A court may provide for the payment of legal expenses incurred by a mortgagee of property specified in the restraining order in a civil proceeding relating to the exercise of the mortgagee's power of sale over the restrained property, provided those expenses— (6) Subject to subsections (4) and (5), a restraining order may be made subject to any conditions that the court thinks fit. S. 14(7) amended by No. 43/1998 s. 10. (7) The court may refuse to make a restraining order if the DPP or another person or body on behalf of the State refuses or fails to give to the court any undertakings that the court considers appropriate concerning the payment of damages or costs in relation to the making and operation of the order.