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Confiscation of Criminal Assets Act 2003
22Restraining orders—purposes
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22 Restraining orders—purposes
A restraining order may be made to preserve property so that the
property will be available for 1 or more of the following purposes:
(a) for forfeiture under a conviction forfeiture order;
(b) for automatic forfeiture;
(c) for forfeiture under a civil forfeiture order;
(d) to satisfy a penalty order;
(e) to satisfy an unexplained wealth order.
Note Pt 5 deals with forfeiture, pt 7 deals with penalty orders and pt 7A deals
with unexplained wealth orders.