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6. Amendment of section 5 of the principal enactment

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Section 5 of the principal enactment is hereby amended as follows:-

(1)

by the repeal of subsection (1) thereof and the substitution therefor of the following subsection:-

“(1) On the conviction of any person under subsection (4) of section 3, the Court may order that any funds or property provided or collected in contravention of the provisions of section 3, any income or profit earned on such funds or property or any instrumentalities used in the commission of such offence, be forfeited to the

State.”;

(2)

in subsection (2) thereof by the substitution for the words “Any funds forfeited to the State” of the words “Any funds, property, income profit or instrumentalities forfeited to the State”.;

(3)

by the repeal of subsection (3) thereof and the substitution therefor of the following subsection:-

“(3) Where the Court is satisfied on the evidence adduced at a trial for an offence under subsection (1) or subsection (2) of section 3, that any funds, property, income, profit or instrumentalities standing to the credit of any account of any institution are the proceeds of such offence, it may, by written order prohibit the Head of such institution from permitting or allowing the withdrawal of any funds from such account, until the conclusion of the trial.”.

Convention on the Suppression of Terrorist

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