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Confiscation of Criminal Assets Act 2003
32Making of restraining orders—specific serious offence
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32 Making of restraining orders—specific serious offence
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(1) For section 31 and to remove any doubt, if the relevant court is
satisfied that there are reasonable grounds for the police officer’s
belief that a serious offence was committed by the offender within the
relevant period mentioned in section 27 (Restraining orders—time for
making certain applications), the court must not refuse to make a
restraining order in relation to the offence only because the court is
not satisfied—
(a) that the officer had any belief that a particular serious offence
was committed within the relevant period; or
(b) that the officer had any belief about the particular day or time
when the offender committed the offence within the relevant
period; or
(c) that there are reasonable grounds for any belief by the officer
about anything mentioned in paragraph (a) or (b).
(2) Also, for section 31 and to remove any doubt, the relevant court must
not refuse to make a restraining order in relation to the offender only
because—
(d) a doubt is raised about whether the person committed the