AI-assisted research summary: This amendment updates the Proceeds of Crime (Jersey) Law 1999, expands the definition of criminal property, and says the law starts 7 days after registration.
Proceeds of Crime (Amendment No. 3) ( Jersey) Law 2018 A LAW to further amend the Proceeds of Crime (Jersey) Law 1999 Adopted by the States 10th July 2018 Sanctioned by Order of Her Majesty in Council 10th October 2018 Registered by the Royal Court 19th October 2018 THE STATES , subject to the sanction of Her Most Excellent Majesty in Council, have adopted the following Law – 1 Interpretatio n In this Law “principal Law” means the Proceeds of Crime (Jersey) Law 1999 [1] . 2 Article 5 amended In Article 5 of the principal Law, for paragraph (1) there shall be substituted the following paragraph – “(1) This Article applies for the purposes of Article 3 where a defendant appears before the Court to be sentenced in respect of a qualifying offence – (a) if the Attorney General asks the Court to apply it for the purposes of that Article; or (b) if the Court considers that, even though the Attorney General has not asked it to do so, it is appropriate for it to do so.”. 3 Article 29 amended For Article 29(1) there shall be substituted the following paragraph – “(1) For the purposes of this Part – ‘criminal property’ includes – (a) any property derived from or obtained, directly or indirectly, through criminal conduct, if the alleged offender knows or suspects that the property is derived from or obtained, directly or indirectly, through criminal conduct; and (b) any property that is used in, or intended to be used in, criminal conduct, if the alleged offender knows or suspects that the property is used in, or is intended to be used in, criminal conduct.”. 4 Citation and commencement This Law may be cited as the Proceeds of Crime (Amendment No. 3) (Jersey) Law 2018 and shall come into force 7 days after it is registered. w.j.c. millow Assistant Greffier of the States [1] chapter 08.780