Bill 18 2021 - Bill 18 - Proceeds of Crime (Civil Confiscation) (Amendment) Bill, 2021

[29th March 2021] Supplement to Official Gazette i PROCEEDS OF CRIME (CIVIL CONFISCATION) (AMENDMENT) BILL, 2021 (Bill No. 18 of 2021) OBJECTS AND REASONS The Proceeds of Crime (Civil Confiscation) Act, 2008 (Cap 298) (POCCCA) was enacted to put in place a regime of civil confiscation which will provide a statutory process whereby the benefits from criminal conduct will be identified in a court process, frozen and then ultimately transferred to the Republic of Seychelles on the civil standard of proof. This Bill seeks to amend section 2 of the Proceeds of Crime (Civil Confiscation) Act, 2008 (Cap.298) to re-define the term “police officer” which means an officer of the rank of inspector and above. Dated this 29th day of March, 2021. FRANK D.R. ALLY ATTORNEY-GENERAL ——————— [29th March 2021] Supplement to Official Gazette iii PROCEEDS OF CRIME (CIVIL CONFISCATION) (AMENDMENT) BILL, 2021 (Bill No. 18 of 2021) A BILL FOR AN ACT to amend the Proceeds of Crime (Civil Confiscation) Act (Cap. 298). ENACTED by the President and the National Assembly. Short title 1. This Act may be cited as the Proceeds of Crime (Civil Confiscation) (Amendment) Act, 2021. iv Supplement to Official Gazette [29th March 2021] Amendments to Cap. 298 2. In the Proceeds of Crime (Civil Confiscation) Act (Cap. 298), in section 2, for the definition of “police officer”, the following definition shall be substituted — ‘ “police officer” means an officer of the rank of inspector and above;'.