(1) In section 27 of the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002 (absconding defendant convicted or committed), for subsection (2) substitute -
"(2) The first condition is that a defendant falls within any of the following paragraphs -
(a) he absconds and, either before or after doing so, he is convicted of an offence or offences in proceedings before the Crown Court;
(b) he absconds after being committed to the Crown Court for sentence in respect of an offence or offences under section 3, 3A, 3B, 3C, 4, 4A or 6 of the Sentencing Act;
(c) he absconds after being committed to the Crown Court in respect of an offence or offences under section 70 below (committal with a view to a confiscation order being considered)."
(2) For subsections (6) and (7) of that section substitute -
"(6) Once the defendant ceases to be an absconder -
(a) section 19 has effect as if subsection (1) read -
"(1) This section applies if -
(a) at a time when the first condition in section 27 was satisfied the court did not proce
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