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Confiscation of Criminal Assets Act 2003
69Civil forfeiture order proceedings—restrictions on
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69 Civil forfeiture order proceedings—restrictions on
(1) On application by the DPP, a relevant court hearing an application for
a civil forfeiture order may—
(a) direct that the hearing of the application, or part of it, take place
in closed court and give directions about who may be present;
and
(b) give directions prohibiting or restricting the publication or
disclosure of 1 or more of the following:
(i) the fact that an application for the order, or that a civil
forfeiture order, has been made;
(ii) the application for the order;
(iii) any information about the proceeding (whether or not a
hearing has been held);
(iv) any evidence given, statement made or thing done during
the proceeding;
(v) any information, document or thing derived from anything
1 that the application for the civil forfeiture order not be disclosed to the person
against whom the civil forfeiture order is made until the court has decided an
application for a restraining order against someone else’s property
2 that the supporting affidavit must be made available only to the offender’s
lawyer
(2) In deciding whether to give a direction under subsection (1), the court
must have regard to whether the direction—
deciding whether to give a direction under subsection (1).