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Confiscation Act 1997
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42 Power to discharge mortgage or charge
S. 42(1) amended by No. 79/2014 s. 18.
(1) If the Supreme Court or the County Court is satisfied, on application by—
(a) in the case of property forfeited under a civil forfeiture order, a prescribed person or a person belonging to a prescribed class of persons; or
(b) in any case, the DPP—
that a mortgage or charge to which the property is subject was created to limit the effect of a forfeiture order or a civil forfeiture order or automatic forfeiture or unexplained wealth forfeiture, it may discharge that mortgage or charge.
S. 42(2) repealed by No. 85/1998 s. 24(Sch. item 11).
(3) The Registrar of Titles must make any amendments to the Register under the **Transfer of Land Act 1958** that are necessary because of any order under subsection (1).
S. 43 amended by No. 79/2014 s. 19.