Forfeiture

• Author: Nadine C. Atkinson-Flowers
• Profession: Attorney-at-Law
• Pages: 113-116

Summary1

On a successful application of the Crown, a Parish Court Judge has the power to make forfeiture orders upon

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to demonstrate why the forfeiture should not be granted. An applicant can pray in aid, for example, that

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Terms _____________________

Forfeiture Proceedings

Forfeiture under the Cybercrimes Act

Offences and Forfeiture

__________________________

Forfeiture Proceedings

           

court orders may still be made at a later date for a hearing on the matter.2  

Act provides that any claimant, within six months after the determination of the matter, can seek to have

the court restore a forfeited item to him. However, such a claimant must prove that he is the lawful owner of

the property and that he did not know that the property would be unlawfully used or did not consent to the

offender so having possession.

The Act also provides that where a person is convicted of an offence and punishable on indictment with

imprisonment for a term of two years or more, forfeiture can be applied for in certain situations.This Act,

therefore, captures indictable offences for which there is no forfeiture provision in a particular enactment,

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  

      

Forfeiture applications are grounded under the relevant sections of the particular statute granting forfeiture.

  

                  

parties. Bertram Sears v Director of Public Prosecutions, RMCA delivered December 18, 2006, is instructive. It examines the

test that the Parish Court Judge should apply in a hearing where an application is seeking return of a conveyance.

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Forfeiture1

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