Proceeds of Crime (Amendment) Act 2005

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Number 1 of 2005


PROCEEDS OF CRIME (AMENDMENT) ACT 2005


ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS

PART 1

Preliminary and General

Section

1.

Short title, collective citation and construction.

2.

Interpretation.

PART 2

Amendments to Principal Act

3.

Amendment of section 1 (interpretation) of Principal Act.

4.

Amendment of section 2 (interim order) of Principal Act.

5.

Amendment of section 3 (interlocutory order) of Principal Act.

6.

Amendment of section 4 (disposal order) of Principal Act.

7.

New section 4A in Principal Act.

8.

Amendment of section 6 (order in relation to property the subject of interim order or interlocutory order) of Principal Act.

9.

Amendment of section 8 (evidence and proceedings under Act) of Principal Act.

10.

Non-application to Principal Act of section 11(7) of Statute of Limitations 1957.

11.

Amendment of section 9 (affidavit specifying property and income of respondent) of Principal Act.

12.

New sections 16A and 16B in Principal Act.

PART 3

Amendments to Act of 1996

13.

Amendment of section 1 (interpretation) of Act of 1996.

14.

Amendment of section 4 (objectives of Bureau) of Act of 1996.

15.

Amendment of section 5 (functions of Bureau) of Act of 1996.

16.

Amendment of section 14 (search warrants) of Act of 1996.

17.

Amendment of maximum amount of certain fines in Act of 1996.

18.

New sections 14A, 14B and 14C in Act of 1996.

PART 4

Amendments to Act of 1994

19.

Amendment of Title to Part VI of Act of 1994.

20.

Amendment of section 38 (seizure and detention) of Act of 1994.

21.

Amendment of section 39 (forfeiture of seized cash) of Act of 1994.

22.

Amendment of section 43 (interpretation of Part VI) of Act of 1994.

PART 5

Amendments to Act of 2001

23.

New sections 2A, 2B and 2C in Act of 2001.


Acts Referred to

Criminal Assets Bureau Act 1996

1996, No. 31

Criminal Justice Act 1994

1994, No. 15

Ethics in Public Office Act 1995

1995, No. 22

Local Government Act 2001

2001, No. 37

Official Secrets Act 1963

1963, No. 1

Prevention of Corruption Act 1906

6 Edw. 7. c. 34

Prevention of Corruption Acts 1889 to 2001

Prevention of Corruption (Amendment) Act 2001

2001, No. 27

Proceeds of Crime Act 1996

1996, No. 30

Statute of Limitations 1957

1957, No. 6

Taxes Consolidation Act 1997

1997, No. 39

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Number 1 of 2005


PROCEEDS OF CRIME (AMENDMENT) ACT 2005

AN ACT TO MAKE FURTHER PROVISION IN RELATION TO THE RECOVERY AND DISPOSAL OF PROCEEDS OF CRIME AND FOR THAT PURPOSE TO AMEND THE PROCEEDS OF CRIME ACT 1996, THE CRIMINAL ASSETS BUREAU ACT 1996, THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE ACT 1994 AND THE PREVENTION OF CORRUPTION (AMENDMENT) ACT 2001. [12th February, 2005]

BE IT ENACTED BY THE OIREACHTAS AS FOLLOWS: