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Criminal Justice Act, 1994 (No. 15)Introductory TextActs Referred toPart I Preliminary (ss. 1-3)1. Short title.2. Commencement.3. Interpretation.Part II Confiscation (ss. 4-18)4. Confiscation orders: drug trafficking offences.5. Assessing the proceeds of drug trafficking.6. Amount to be recovered under confiscation order made under section 4.7. Re-assessment of whether defendant has benefited from drug trafficking.8. Revised assessment of proceeds of drug trafficking.8A. Confiscation orders relating to offence of financing terrorism.8B. Assessing the value of funds subject to confiscation.8C. Amount to be recovered under a confiscation order made under section 8A.8D. Re-assessment of whether defendant holds funds subject to confiscation.8E. Revised assessment of funds subject to confiscation.8F. Confiscation orders relating to relevant offences.8G. Assessing proceeds of relevant offence, etc.8H. Amount to be recovered under confiscation order made under section 8F8I. Reassessment of whether defendant has benefited from relevant offence or relevant conduct8J. Revised assessment of proceeds from relevant offence or relevant conduct9. Confiscation orders: offences other than drug trafficking offences.10. Statements relevant to making confiscation orders.11. Provision of information by defendant.12. Supplementary provisions concerning confiscation orders.13. Power of High Court where defendant has died or is absent.14. Effect of conviction where High Court has acted under section 13.15. Appeal against confiscation order.16. Variation of confiscation orders.17. Variation of confiscation orders made by virtue of section 13.18. Increase in value of realisable property.Part III Enforcement, etc. of Confiscation Orders (ss. 19-30)19. Enforcement of confiscation orders.20. Realisation of property.21. Interest on sums unpaid under confiscation orders.22. Application of proceeds of realisation.23. Cases in which restraint orders may be made.24. Freezing orders.25. Registration of freezing orders.26. Exercise of powers by High Court or receiver.27. Receivers: supplementary provisions.28. Bankruptcy of defendant, etc.29. Property subject to freezing order dealt with by Official Assignee.30. Winding up of company holding realisable property.Part IV Money Laundering (ss. 31-32A)31. Money laundering, etc.32. Measures to be taken to prevent money laundering.32A. Revenue offence.Part V Drug Trafficking Offences at Sea (ss. 33-37)33. Drug trafficking offences on ships.34. Ships used for drug trafficking.35. Enforcement powers in respect of ships.36. Jurisdiction and prosecutions in relation to offences on ships.37. Convention states.Part VI Search for, seizure and disposal of money gained from, or for use in, Criminal Conduct (ss. 38-45)38. Seizure and detention.39. Forfeiture of cash seized under section 38.40. Appeal against section 39 order.41. Interest.42. Procedure.43. Interpretation of Part VI.44. Prescribed sum for purposes of section 38.45. Disposal of cash etc. forfeited under section 39.Part VII International Co-operation (ss. 46-56A)46. External confiscation orders, etc.47. External forfeiture orders, etc.48. Proof of external order, etc.49. Service in State of process issued outside State.50. Service outside State of process issued in State.51. Taking of evidence in State for use outside State.52. Obtaining of evidence outside State for use in State.53. Transfer of prisoner in State to give evidence or assist investigation outside State.54. Transfer of prisoner outside State to give evidence or assist investigation in State.55. Search, etc. for material relevant to investigation outside State.56. Provision of co-operation for international war crimes tribunals etc.56A. Revenue offences.Part VIII Supplementary (ss. 57-68)57. Disclosure of information.57A. Designation of certain states or territorial units.58. Offences of prejudicing investigation.59. Offences by bodies corporate.60. Voidance of dispositions designed to frustrate confiscation, etc.61. Forfeiture orders.62. Forfeiture for drug offences.63. Order to make material available.63A. Furnishing of certain information by Revenue Commissioners, etc.64. Authority for search.65. Compensation.66. Compensation, etc. where absconder is acquitted.67. Power to discharge confiscation order and order compensation when absconder returns.68. Expenses.First Schedule Enforcement Powers in Respect of ShipsSchedule 1A Relevant OffencesSchedule 1A, Part 1 Relevant offences which are not extended confiscation offences (paras. 1-6)Schedule 1A, Part 2 Relevant offences which are extended confiscation offences (paras. 1-20)Second Schedule Taking of Evidence for Use Outside State
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Version status: In force | Document consolidation status: Updated to reflect all known changes
Version date: 14 November 1994 - onwards
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66. Compensation, etc. where absconder is acquitted.

(1) This section applies where -

(a) the High Court has made a confiscation order in the exercise of its powers under section 13 (4) of this Act, and

(b) the defendant is subsequently tried for the offence or offences concerned and acquitted on all counts.

(2) The court by which the defendant is acquitted shall cancel the confiscation order.

(3) The High Court may, on the application of a person who held property which was realisable property, order compensation to be paid to the applicant if it is satisfied that the applicant has suffered loss as a result of the making of the confiscation order.

(4) The amount of compensation to be paid under this section shall be such as the court considers just in all the circumstances of the case.

(5) Where the court cancels a confiscation order under this section it may make such consequential or incidental order as it considers appropriate in connection with the cancellation.

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