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Crime (Confiscation of Profits) Act 1993
128Land restrained under wealth-restraining order
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### 128 Land restrained under wealth-restraining order
> [*\[Section 128 Inserted by No. 60 of 2013, s. 12, Applied:01 Mar 2014\]*](/view/html/inforce/2014-03-01/act-2013-060#GS12@EN)
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> > (1) If land is to be restrained property under a wealth-restraining order –
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> > > > (a) the DPP must lodge with the Recorder a sealed copy of the wealth-restraining order; and
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> > > > (b) if the land is not registered under the [Land Titles Act 1980](/view/html/inforce/2026-04-12/act-1980-019) , the Recorder is to –
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> > > > > > (i) bring the land under the [Land Titles Act 1980](/view/html/inforce/2026-04-12/act-1980-019) as if an application had been made under [section 11](/view/html/inforce/2026-04-12/act-1980-019#GS11@EN) of that Act; and
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> > > > > > (ii) register the wealth-restraining order against the relevant folio of the Register; and
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> > > > (c) if the land is registered under the [Land Titles Act 1980](/view/html/inforce/2026-04-12/act-1980-019) , the Recorder is to register the wealth-restraining order against the relevant folio of the Register.
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> > (2) Land only becomes restrained property under a wealth-restraining order once the wealth-restraining order is registered under [subsection (1)(b)(ii)](#GS128@Gs1@Hpb@Hqii@EN) or [(1)(c)](#GS128@Gs1@Hpc@EN) .
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> > (3) If, in accordance with [section 127](#GS127@EN) , a wealth-restraining order registered under [subsection (1)](#GS128@Gs1@EN) ceases to have effect and restrained property under the wealth-restraining order includes land –
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> > > > (a) the DPP must lodge notification with the Recorder that the wealth-restraining order has ceased to have effect; and
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> > > > (b) the Recorder is to register the notification against the relevant folio of the Register.
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> > (4) A wealth-restraining order registered under [subsection (1)](#GS128@Gs1@EN) ceases to have effect in relation to the restrained property that is land when evidence that the wealth-restraining order has ceased to have effect is registered under [subsection (3)(b)](#GS128@Gs3@Hpb@EN) .