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Restraint orders.
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24.—(1) The High Court may by order (in this Act referred to as a “restraint order”) prohibit any person from dealing with any realisable property, subject to such conditions and exceptions as may be specified in that order.
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(2) Without prejudice to the generality of subsection (1) of this section, a restraint order may make such provision as the court thinks fit for living expenses and legal expenses.
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(3) A restraint order may apply—
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(a) to all realisable property held by a specified person, whether the property is described in the order or not, and
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(b) to realisable property held by a specified person, being property transferred to him after the making of the order.
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(4) A restraint order—
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(a) may be made only on an application by the Director of Public Prosecutions, which may be made ex parte and otherwise than in public, and
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(b) shall provide for notice to be given to persons affected by the order.
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(5) A restraint order—
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(a) may be discharged or varied in relation to any property, and
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(b) shall be discharged on the conclusion of the proceedings or of the application in question.
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(6) An application for the discharge or variation of a restraint order may be made by any person affected by it.
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(7) Where the High Court has made a restraint order, the court may at any time appoint a receiver—
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(a) to take possession of any realisable property, and
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(b) in accordance with the court's directions, to manage or otherwise deal with any property in respect of which he is appointed,
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subject to such exceptions and conditions as may be specified by the court, and may require any person having possession or control of property in respect of which a receiver is appointed under this section to give possession of it to the receiver.
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(8) For the purposes of this Act, dealing with property held by any person includes (without prejudice to the generality of the expression)—
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(a) where a debt is owed to that person, making a payment to any person in reduction of the amount of the debt, and
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(b) removing the property from the State.
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(9) Where the High Court has made a restraint order, a member of the Garda Síochána or an officer of customs and excise may, for the purpose of preventing any realisable property being removed from the State, seize the property.
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(10) Property seized under subsection (9) of this section shall be dealt with in accordance with the court's directions.
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