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Proceeds of Crime Act, 1996 (Act No. 76 of 1996)

Chapter 3 : Restraint orders

15. Cases in which restraint orders may be made

 

 

(1) A superior court may exercise the powers conferred upon it by section 16(1)
(a) when—
(i) a prosecution for an offence has been instituted against the defendant concerned;
(ii) either a confiscation order has been made against that defendant or it appears to the court that there are reasonable grounds for believing that a confiscation order may be made against that defendant; and
(iii) the proceedings against that defendant have not been concluded; or
(b) when—
(i) that court is satisfied that a person is to be charged with an offence; and
(ii) it appears to the court that there are reasonable grounds for believing that a confiscation order may be made against such person.

 

(2) Where a superior court has made a restraint order under subsection (1)(b), that court shall rescind the restraint order if the relevant person is not charged within such period as the court may consider reasonable.