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Criminal Property Forfeiture Act 2002
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81 Application for crime-used property substitution declaration
(1) The DPP may apply to the Supreme Court for a crime-used
property substitution declaration against a person.
(2) On hearing an application under subsection (1), the court must
declare that property of equivalent value owned or effectively
controlled by the respondent is to be substituted for crime-used
property if:
(a) it is more likely than not that the respondent has made
criminal use of property so that the property is crime-used;
and
(b) the crime-used property is not amenable to a restraining order
or forfeiture under this Act for a reason or reasons mentioned
in section 82.
(3) An application under subsection (1) may be made in conjunction
(4) If the court makes a declaration under this section, the court must:
(a) assess the value of the crime-used property in accordance
with section 85; and
(b) specify the assessed value of the crime-used property in the
declaration; and
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specified in the declaration as the value of the crime-used
(5) Crime-used property substitution declarations can be made against
2 or more respondents in respect of the same crime-used property,
whether or not the applications for the respective declarations are
heard in the same proceedings.
(6) If a court makes a declaration under this section, the court may
make any necessary or convenient ancillary orders, including
awarding costs as the court sees fit.