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26. Exercise of powers by High Court or receiver.

(1) This section applies to the powers conferred on the High Court by section 20 or 24 of this Act or on a receiver appointed under either of those sections.

(2) Subject to the provisions of this section, the powers shall be exercised with a view to making available, for satisfying the confiscation order or, as the case may be, any confiscation order that may be made in the defendant's case, the value for the time being of realisable property held by any person by the realisation of such property.

(3) In the case of realisable property held by a person to whom the defendant has directly or indirectly made a gift caught by this Act, the powers shall be exercised with a view to realising no more than the value for the time being of the gift.

(4) The powers shall be exercised with a view to allowing any person, other than the defendant or the recipient of any such gift, to retain or recover the value of any property held by him.

(5) In exercising the powers no account shall be taken of an

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