Court of Appeal (Amendment No. 9) (Jersey) Law 2022


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Court of Appeal (Amendment No. 9) (Jersey) Law 2022

A LAW to amend further the Court of Appeal (Jersey) Law 1961.

Adopted by the States                                                             10th February 2022

Sanctioned by Order of Her Majesty in Council                       13th April 2022

Registered by the Royal Court                                                        14th April 2022

Coming into force                                                                                21st April 2022

THE STATES, subject to the sanction of Her Most Excellent Majesty in Council, have adopted the following Law –

1        Court of Appeal (Jersey) Law 1961 amended

This Law amends the Court of Appeal (Jersey) Law 1961.

2        Article 45D (appeal by Attorney General in respect of confiscation order) amended

In Article 45D –

(a)     in the Article heading, after “confiscation order” there is inserted “or instrumentalities forfeiture order”;

(b)     after “a confiscation order”, where it occurs in paragraphs (1), (2) and (3), there is inserted “or an instrumentalities forfeiture order”.

3        Article 45E (court’s power on appeal by Attorney General) amended

In Article 45E –

(a)     in paragraph (1), after “the confiscation order” there is inserted “or instrumentalities forfeiture order”;

(b)     in paragraph (2) –

(i)      in sub-paragraph (a), for “paragraphs (3) to (8) (inclusive) of Article 3” there is substituted “Article 3(3) to (8) (inclusive) or 28B”;

(ii)      in sub-paragraph (b), after “Article 3” there is inserted “or 28B”.

4        Article 45F (matters to be taken into account on appeal in respect of confiscation order) amended

In Article 45F –

(a)     in the Article heading, after “confiscation order” there is inserted “or instrumentalities forfeiture order”;

(b)     in paragraph (1), after “a confiscation order”, where it occurs in sub-paragraphs (a) and (b), there is inserted “or an instrumentalities forfeiture order”;

(c)     in paragraph (3)(b), after “Article 4” there is inserted “or 28B(4)”;

(d)     in paragraph (7)(a), for “paragraphs (3) to (8) (inclusive) of Article 3” there is substituted “Article 3(3) to (8) (inclusive) or 28B”.

5        Citation and commencement

This Law may be cited as the Court of Appeal (Amendment No. 9) (Jersey) Law 2022 and comes into force 7 days after it is registered.

 

 


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