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Crimes (Sentencing) Act 2005
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20 Reparation orders—stolen property
(1) This section applies if an offender is convicted or found guilty of an
offence against a territory law in relation to stolen property.
(2) Before the court sentences the offender or makes a non-conviction
order for the offender, the director of public prosecutions may apply
to the court for 1 or more orders under this section.
(3) On application under subsection (2), or its own initiative, the court
may make the following orders (each of which is a reparation order):
(a) an order that a person having custody or possession of the stolen
property restore it to someone entitled to recover it from the
person;
(b) an order that the offender pay the value of the stolen property to
a person who, if the stolen property were in the custody or
possession of the offender, would be entitled to recover it from
the offender.
Note A reparation order may also be made under s 19 for the same offence (see
s 111).
(4) If the court makes an order under subsection (3) (a), the court, on
application under subsection (2), or its own initiative, may also make
either or both the following orders (each of which is also a reparation
order):
(a) if the court considers that the offender has sold the property to a
purchaser who was acting honestly—an order that the offender
pay the purchaser an amount not exceeding the amount paid by
the purchaser;
(b) if the court considers that the offender has borrowed money on
the security of the property from a lender acting honestly—an
order that the offender pay the lender an amount not exceeding
the amount owed to the lender under the loan.
(5) This section is subject to chapter 7 (Reparation orders) and
section 134 (Operation of ancillary and restitution orders).
stolen property—see the Criminal Code, section 314 (Receiving—
meaning of stolen property).
Note Under the Criminal Code, stolen property includes tainted property.
Tainted property is the proceeds of the sale of stolen property, or property
that is exchanged for stolen property.
Part 3.4 Non-association and place
restriction orders