Statement by the Delegation of the United States of America in response to the update by the Secretary General on OSCE co-Operation with regional and international organizations
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Section 71 of the Criminal Justice Act 1988 (“the 1988 Act”) shall be amended as follows.
For subsections (1) to (3) (orders confiscating the proceeds of an offence) there shall be substituted the following subsections—
In subsection (6) (amount to be paid under a confiscation order)—
at the beginning there shall be inserted “Subject to subsection (1C) above”; and
for “must be at least the minimum amount, but must not exceed” there shall be substituted “shall be equal to”.
Subsections (7) and (8) (minimum amount of confiscation order) shall cease to have effect.
In subsection (7A) (standard of proof required to determine matters under Part VI)—
in paragraph (a), for “as mentioned in subsection (2)(b)(i) above” there shall be substituted “from any offence”, and at the end there shall be inserted “or”;
paragraph (b) shall be omitted; and
in paragraph (c), the words “by virtue of section 72 below” shall be omitted.
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For subsection (1) of section 73 of the 1988 Act (effect of provision of statement by prosecutor) there shall be substituted the following subsections—
In subsection (2)(a) of that section (power of court to require defendant to indicate extent of acceptance of allegations), for “under subsection (1)(a) above” there shall be substituted “by the prosecutor under this section”.
In subsection (6) of that section (issue of certificate by court), for the words from “the offence” onwards there shall be substituted “any relevant criminal conduct.”
After subsection (6) of that section, there shall be inserted the following subsection—
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In section 75 of the 1988 Act (application of procedure for enforcing fines), the following subsection shall be inserted after subsection (5)—
The following subsections shall be substituted for subsections (1) and (2) of section 76 of that Act (cases in which restraint or charging order may be made)—
In subsection (4) of section 76 of that Act—
after “otherwise)” there shall be inserted “, or (as the case may be) no application is made,”; and
at the end there shall be inserted “ or if the court is satisfied that the case has become a case in which, in pursuance of subsection (1A) above, it would be unable to exercise the powers conferred by virtue of subsection (1) above.”
In section 77(6) of that Act (discharge of restraint orders), the following paragraph shall be substituted for paragraph (b)—
In section 78 of that Act (charging orders), the following subsection shall be substituted for subsection (7)—
In section 80(1) of that Act (circumstances in which High Court may exercise powers relating to realisation of property), the following paragraphs shall be substituted for paragraphs (a) to (c)—.
In section 84(6) of that Act (bankruptcy of defendant), the following paragraphs shall be substituted for paragraphs (a) and (b)—
In section 102 of that Act (interpretation of Part VI), the following subsections shall be substituted for subsection (12)—
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Section 83 of the 1988 Act (variation of confiscation orders) shall be amended as follows.
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In subsection (3), for “defendant” there shall be substituted “person who applied for it”.
The following subsection shall be inserted after subsection (5)—
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In each of the following paragraphs of Schedule 4 to the Prevention of Terrorism (Temporary Provisions) Act 1989 (enforcement of overseas orders providing for the forfeiture or restraint of terrorist funds), namely— there shall be inserted, after sub-paragraph (2), the sub-paragraph set out in subsection (2) below.
paragraph 10 (which relates to enforcement in England and Wales),
paragraph 20 (which relates to enforcement in Scotland), and
paragraph 30 (which relates to enforcement in Northern Ireland),
That sub-paragraph is—
Section 9 of the Criminal Justice (International Co-operation) Act 1990 (enforcement of overseas forfeiture orders) shall have effect, and be deemed always to have had effect, with the insertion, after subsection (1), of the following subsection—
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The enactments mentioned in Schedule 2 to this Act are hereby repealed to the extent specified in the third column of that Schedule.
This Act may be cited as the Proceeds of Crime Act 1995.
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Subject to subsections (4) to (6) below, this Act shall come into force on such day as the Secretary of State may by order made by statutory instrument appoint, and different days may be appointed under this subsection for different purposes.
Section 14 above and this section come into force on the passing of this Act.
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This Act, except for section 14 above and this section, does not extend to Scotland or Northern Ireland.
Section 15.
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Section 15. Chapter Short title Extent of repeal 1988 c. 33. The Criminal Justice Act 1988. In section 71— (a) subsection (7); (b) in subsection (7A), paragraph (b) and, in paragraph (c), the words “by virtue of section 72 below”; and (c) subsection (8). In section 72, subsections (1) to (4). In section 72A(1), paragraph (b) and, in paragraph (c), the words “by virtue of section 72 above”. In section 73, subsection (4).