(1) This section applies to -
(a) the powers conferred on a court by sections 189 to 207 and sections 210 to 215D;
(b) the powers of a receiver appointed under section 196 or 198;
(c) the powers conferred on appropriate officers by sections 195C to 195L;
(d) the powers conferred on senior officers by section 195G.
(2) The powers -
(a) must be exercised with a view to the value for the time being of realisable property being made available (by the property's realisation) for satisfying any confiscation order that has been or may be made against the defendant;
(b) must be exercised, in a case where a confiscation order has not been made, with a view to securing that there is no diminution in the value of realisable property;
(c) must be exercised without taking account of any obligation of the defendant or a recipient of a tainted gift if the obligation conflicts with the object of satisfying any confiscation order that has been or may be made against the defendant;
(d) may be exercised
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