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Chapter 4
Forfeiture of Property
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Transmission of external forfeiture order to designated state for enforcement.
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58.— (1) If an order of a court relates to the forfeiture of property in a designated state, the registrar or clerk of the court concerned shall, on request and subject to any conditions that may be specified by rules of court, give to the Director of Public Prosecutions—
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(a) a duly authenticated copy of the order, and
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(b) a certificate signed by the registrar or clerk and stating that the prescribed time for lodging an appeal has expired or, as the case may be, will expire on a specified date.
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(2) The Director of Public Prosecutions may send to the Central Authority, for transmission to the appropriate authority in the designated state concerned—
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(a) the documents mentioned in subsection (1),
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(b) a document signed by or on behalf of the Director stating—
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(i) that the order is in force and has not been satisfied, and
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(ii) that the defendant appeared or was represented at the proceedings in which the order was made or, if not, the date on which the court proceedings began and the date on which the defendant received notice of them,
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(c) a brief description of the conduct which resulted in the making of the order,
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(d) any other information required by the relevant international instrument, and
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(e) a request for forfeiture of the property concerned and its disposal.
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