“appropriate authority” means, when used in relation to a country or territory outside Jersey, the authority appearing to the Royal Court to be the appropriate authority of that country or territory for the purposes of these Regulations;

“court”, when used to refer to a court of a country or territory outside Jersey, includes a court of any state or territory within that country or territory;

“Law” means the Proceeds of Crime (Jersey) Law 1999 and, in Regulations 3, 4, 6 and 8(2), that Law as modified by these Regulations.

(2) In these Regulations, a reference to an order of a court of a country or territory outside Jersey includes a reference to a judgment of a court.

Enforcement in Jersey of external confiscation orders

2 Application of the Law in relation to countries and territories outside Jersey

(1) The Law shall apply to –

(a) external confiscation orders; and

(b) the enforcement of proceedings that have been or are to be instituted in a country or territory outside Jersey and may result in an external confiscation order being made there,

with the modifications specified in the Schedule.[1]

(2) The Law as so modified is reproduced, after the Schedule, for illustrative purposes only.[2]

3 Proof of orders of a court in a country or territory outside Jersey

(1) For the purposes of these Regulations and the Law –

(a) an order made by a court in a country or territory outside Jersey, purporting to bear the seal of that court or to be signed by any person in the person’s capacity as a judge, magistrate or officer of the court, shall be taken without further proof to have been duly sealed or (as the case may be) to have been signed by that person; and

(b) a duly authenticated document, purporting to be a copy of any order made by a court in a country or territory outside Jersey, shall be taken without further proof to be a true copy.

(2) A document is duly authenticated for the purpose of paragraph (1)(b) if it purports to be certified –

(a) by any person in the person’s capacity as a judge, magistrate or officer of the court in question; or

(b) by or on behalf of the appropriate authority of the country or territory outside Jersey.

4 Evidence of proceedings and orders in a country or territory outside Jersey

(1) For the purposes of these Regulations and the Law, a certificate purporting to be issued by or on behalf of the appropriate authority of a country or territory outside Jersey and stating –

(a) that proceedings have been instituted and have not been concluded there, or that proceedings are to be instituted there;

(b) that the defendant has been notified, in accordance with the laws of the country or territory, that proceedings have begun there against the person in respect of an offence;

(d) that all or a certain amount of the sum payable under an external confiscation order remains unpaid in that country or territory, or that other property recoverable under an external confiscation order remains unrecovered there;

(e) that any person has been notified of any proceedings in accordance with the law of that country or territory;

(f) that an order (however described) made or to be made by a court of that country or territory has the purpose or (as the case may be) will have the purpose of recovering property obtained as a result of or in connection with criminal conduct or the value of property so obtained; or

(g) that an order (however described) made or to be made by a court of that country or territory has the purpose or (as the case may be) will have the purpose of depriving a person of a pecuniary advantage obtained as a result of or in connection with criminal conduct,

shall, in any proceedings in the Royal Court, be admissible as evidence of the facts so stated.

(2) In any such proceedings in the Royal Court, a statement contained in a duly authenticated document that purports –

(a) to have been received in evidence;

(b) to be a copy of a document so received; or

shall be admissible as evidence of any fact contained in that statement.

(3) A document is duly authenticated for the purposes of paragraph (2) if it purports to be certified –

(a) by any person in the person’s capacity as a judge, magistrate or officer of the court in the country or territory outside Jersey; or

(b) by or on behalf of the appropriate authority of that country or territory,

as having been received in evidence or as being a copy of a document so received, or (as the case may be) as being the original document containing or summarizing the evidence or as being a true copy of that document.

(4) Nothing in this Regulation shall prejudice the admission of any evidence, whether contained in any document or in any other form, that is admissible apart from this Regulation.

5 Evidence as to appropriate authority of a country or territory outside Jersey

A certificate by the Attorney General stating that an authority specified in that certificate is the appropriate authority of a country or territory outside Jersey for the purposes of these Regulations shall be sufficient evidence of that fact.

6 Representation of overseas governments in Royal Court

(1) In any proceedings in the Royal Court under the Law, the government of a country or territory outside Jersey shall be represented by the Attorney General.

(2) In any such proceedings in the Royal Court a request for assistance sent to the Attorney General by the appropriate authority of a country or territory outside Jersey shall, unless the contrary is shown, constitute the authority of the government of that country or territory for the Attorney General to act on the government’s behalf.

Enforcement outside Jersey of confiscation order made in Jersey

7 Satisfaction of confiscation orders in a country or territory outside Jersey

(1) Where –

(a) a confiscation order has been made under Article 3 of the Law;

(b) a request has been sent by the Attorney General to the appropriate authority of a country or territory outside Jersey for assistance in enforcing that order; and

the amount payable under the confiscation order shall be treated as reduced by the value of the property so recovered.

(2) For the purposes of this Regulation, and without prejudice to the admissibility of any evidence otherwise than under this paragraph, a certificate purporting to be issued by or on behalf of the appropriate authority of a country or territory outside Jersey and stating –

(a) that property has been recovered there in execution of a request by the Attorney General;

(b) the value of the property so recovered; and

shall, in any proceedings under the Law in the Royal Court, be admissible as evidence of the facts so stated.

Miscellaneous and closing

8 Conversion of currency

(1) Where the value of property recovered in the circumstances described in Regulation 7(1) is expressed in a currency other than that of Jersey, the extent to which the amount payable under the confiscation order is to be reduced under that paragraph shall be calculated on the basis of the exchange rate prevailing on the date on which the property was recovered in the country or territory outside Jersey concerned.

(2) Where an amount of money payable or remaining to be paid under an external confiscation order registered in the Royal Court under Article 39(1) of the Law is expressed in a currency other than that of Jersey, the amount shall for the purposes of any action taken under the Law in relation to that order be converted into the currency of Jersey on the basis of the exchange rate prevailing on the date of registration of the order.

(3) For the purposes of this Regulation, a written certificate –

(a) purporting to be signed by a person acting in the person’s capacity as an officer of any bank in Jersey; and

(b) stating the exchange rate prevailing on a specified date,

shall be admissible as evidence of the facts so stated.

9 Citation

These Regulations may be cited as the Proceeds of Crime (Enforcement of Confiscation Orders) (Jersey) Regulations 2008.

SCHEDULE[3]

(Regulation 2(1))

modification of the proceeds of crime (jersey) law 1999

1 Article 1 amended

(1) In Article 1(1) –

(a) the following definitions shall be omitted –

“Commission” and “Financial Services Commission”;

“competent authority”;

“criminal investigation”;

“designated customs officer”;

“designated police officer”;

“drug trafficking”;

“exported”;

“financial services business”;

“investigation”;

“modifications”;

“money laundering”;

“proceeds of criminal conduct”;

(b) for the definition “criminal conduct” there shall be substituted the following definition –

“ ‘criminal conduct’ means conduct corresponding to an offence specified in Schedule 1;”;

“ ‘defendant’ means a person against whom –

(a) an external confiscation order has been made; or

(b) proceedings have been or are to be instituted in a court in a country or territory outside Jersey, which may result in an external confiscation order being made;”;

(d) after the definition “defendant” there shall be inserted the following definition –

“ ‘Enforcement Regulations’ means the Proceeds of Crime (Enforcement of Confiscation Orders) (Jersey) Regulations 2008;”;

(e) in sub-paragraph (a) of the definition “external confiscation order”, for the words “conduct corresponding to an offence specified in Schedule 1” there shall be substituted the words “criminal conduct”;

(f) for the definitions “gift caught by Part 2” and “gift caught by this Part” there shall be substituted the following definition –

“ ‘gift caught by this Law’ has the meaning given in Article 2(9);”.

(2) In Article 1(2) –

(a) in sub-paragraph (a) –

(i) the words “with the commission of an offence or” shall be deleted, and

(ii) after the words “and in some other connection” there shall be inserted the words “(whether received before or after the commencement of the Enforcement Regulations)”;

(b) in sub-paragraph (b) –

(i) the words “with the commission of an offence or”, and

(ii) the words “the commission of that offence”,

shall be deleted.

(3) For paragraphs (2A) to (9) of Article 1 there shall be substituted the following paragraphs –

“(3) For the purposes of this Law, proceedings for an offence are instituted in a country or territory outside Jersey when –

(a) the defendant has been notified in writing in accordance with the laws of that country or territory that proceedings have begun there against the defendant in respect of an offence; or

(b) an application has been made to a court in that country or territory for an external confiscation order against the defendant,

whichever is the earliest.

(4) For the purposes of this Law, proceedings for an offence are concluded –

(a) when (disregarding any power of a court to grant leave to appeal out of time) there is no further possibility of an external confiscation order being made in the proceedings; or

(b) on satisfaction of an external confiscation order made in the proceedings, whether by the recovery of all property liable to be recovered or the payment of any amount due.

(5) For the purposes of this Law, an external confiscation order is satisfied when no property remains liable to be recovered, or no amount is due, under that order.

(6) For the purposes of this Law, an external confiscation order is subject to appeal until (disregarding any power of a court to grant leave to appeal out of time) there is no further possibility of an appeal on which the order could be varied or set aside.”.

2 Article 2 amended

In Article 2 –

(a) for paragraphs (1) and (2) there shall be substituted the following paragraphs –

“(1) In this Law, ‘realisable property’ means –

(a) in relation to an external confiscation order in respect of specified property, the property that is specified in the order;

(b) in any other case –

(i) any property held by the defendant,

(ii) any property held by a person to whom the defendant has directly or indirectly made a gift caught by this Law, and

(iii) any property to which the defendant is beneficially entitled.

(2) However, property is not realisable property if –

(a) a confiscation order;

(b) an order under Article 9 of the Proceeds of Crime (Cash Seizure) (Jersey) Law 2008;

(d) an order under Article 27 of the Terrorism (Jersey) Law 2002,

is in force in respect of the property.”;

(b) paragraphs (3) and (11) shall be omitted;

(c) in paragraphs (4), (5), (7) and (10), for the words “Part 2” wherever they appear, there shall be substituted the words “this Law”;

(d) for paragraphs (9) and (9A) there is substituted –

“(9) A gift (including a gift made before the commencement of the Enforcement Regulations) is caught by this Law if –

(a) it was made by the defendant at any time after the conduct to which the external confiscation order relates; and

(b) the Court considers it appropriate in all the circumstances to take the gift into account.

(9A) A gift (including a gift made before the commencement of the Enforcement Regulations) made by the defendant into a trust is caught by this Law if –

(a) it was made within the period of 5 years preceding the conduct to which the external confiscation order relates;

(b) the Court considers it appropriate in all the circumstances to take the gift into a trust into account; and

(i) the defendant is a beneficiary (including a discretionary beneficiary) of the trust,

(ii) the trustees of the trust have the power to add the defendant as a beneficiary of the trust, or

(iii) written documents of any kind exist which anticipate the defendant benefitting from the trust property at some future time.”;

(e) paragraph (9B) is deleted;

(f) for paragraph (9C) there is substituted –

“(9C) In paragraph (9A) “reference date” means the date that is 5 years before the date of the conduct to which the external confiscation order relates.”.

3 Part 2 amended

(1) For the heading to Part 2 there shall be substituted the following heading –

“external confiscation orders”.

(2) Articles 3 to 14, 18, 19, 21, and 25 to 28A shall be omitted.

(3) For Article 15 there shall be substituted the following Article –

“15 Cases in which saisies judiciaires may be made

(1) The powers conferred on the Court by Article 16 are exercisable where –

(a) proceedings have been instituted in a country or territory outside Jersey and have not been concluded, and –

(i) an external confiscation order has been made in the proceedings, or

(ii) it appears to the Court that there are reasonable grounds for believing that such an order will be made in the proceedings;

(b) it appears to the Court that proceedings are to be instituted against the defendant in a country or territory outside Jersey, and that there are reasonable grounds for believing that an external confiscation order will be made in those proceedings.

(2) Where the Court has made an order under Article 16 by virtue of paragraph (1)(b), the Court shall discharge the Order if proceedings have not been instituted within such time as the Court considers reasonable.”.

(4) In Article 16 –

(a) in paragraph (1), after the words “an application made by or on behalf of the Attorney General” there shall be inserted the words “on behalf of the government of a country or territory outside Jersey”;

(b) in paragraph (6), for sub-paragraphs (b) and (c) there shall be substituted the following sub-paragraph –

“(b) shall be discharged when the proceedings in which it was made are concluded.”.

(5) In Article 17, for paragraph (1) there shall be substituted the following paragraph –

“(1) Where –

(a) an external confiscation order has been registered under Article 39; and

(b) the Court has made a saisie judiciaire,

the Court may, on an application made by or on behalf of the Attorney General, empower the Viscount to realise, in such manner as it may direct, any realisable property vested in the Viscount or in the Viscount’s possession pursuant to a saisie judiciaire under Article 16.”.

(6) In Article 20, for the words “confiscation order” wherever they appear, there shall be substituted the words “external confiscation order”.

(7) In Article 22, in paragraph (2) the words “, 18, 19” shall be omitted.

(8) In Article 24 –

(a) in sub-paragraph (2)(a), for the words “a confiscation order” there shall be substituted the words “an external confiscation order”;

(b) for paragraph (8) there shall be substituted the following paragraph –

“(8) In this Article –

‘asset sharing agreement’ means any agreement or arrangement made by or on behalf of Jersey with a country or territory outside Jersey for the sharing of the proceeds of criminal conduct that, as a result of mutual assistance, have been confiscated or forfeited either in Jersey or elsewhere;

‘criminal conduct’ has the meaning given by Article 1(1) of this Law, disregarding any modification to that definition made by the Enforcement Regulations.”.

4 Part 3 omitted

Part 3 shall be omitted.

5 Part 4 amended

(1) For the heading to Part 4 there shall be substituted the following heading –

“registration of external confiscation orders”.

(2) Article 38 shall be omitted.

6 Part 5 amended

(1) Articles 40 to 43 shall be omitted.

(2) For the text of Article 44 there shall be substituted the following –

“The power of the Superior Number of the Royal Court to make Rules of Court under the Royal Court (Jersey) Law 1948 includes a power to make Rules for the purposes of this Law.”.

(3) For the text of Article 45 there shall be substituted the following –

“This Law may be cited as the Proceeds of Crime (Jersey) Law 1999, as modified by the Proceeds of Crime (Enforcement of Confiscation Orders) (Jersey) Regulations 2008.”.

7 Schedules amended

(1) In Schedule 1 –

(a) for the sub-heading in brackets there shall be substituted the following sub-heading –

“(Article 1(1))”;

(b) for the sub-heading “OFFENCES FOR WHICH CONFISCATION ORDERS MAY BE MADE” there shall be substituted the following subheading –

“offences relevant to criminal conduct”.

(2) Schedules 2 and 3 shall be omitted.

THE FOLLOWING PROVISIONS ARE REPRODUCED FOR ILLUSTRATIVE PURPOSES ONLY AND HAVE NO LEGAL EFFECT

THE PROCEEDS OF CRIME (JERSEY) LAW 1999, AS MODIFIED BY THE PROCEEDS OF CRIME (ENFORCEMENT OF CONFISCATION ORDERS) (JERSEY) REGULATIONS 2008

(REGULATION 2 AND SCHEDULE)

PART 1

INTRODUCTORY

1 Interpretation

(1) In this Law, unless the context otherwise requires –

“Court” means the Royal Court;

“criminal conduct” means conduct corresponding to an offence specified in Schedule 1;

“Criminal Offences Confiscations Fund” and “Fund” mean the Criminal Offences Confiscations Fund established under Article 24;

“defendant” means a person against whom –

(a) an external confiscation order has been made; or

(b) proceedings have been or are to be instituted in a court in a country or territory outside Jersey, which may result in an external confiscation order being made;

“Enforcement Regulations” means the Proceeds of Crime (Enforcement of Confiscation Orders) (Jersey) Regulations 2008;

“external confiscation order” means an order made by a court in a country or territory outside Jersey –

(a) for the purpose of recovering property obtained as a result of or in connection with criminal conduct;

(b) for the purpose of recovering the value of property so obtained; or

“gift caught by this Law” has the meaning given in Article 2(9);

“interest”, in relation to property, includes right;

“making a gift” has the meaning given in Article 2(10);

“Minister” means the Minister for Treasury and Resources;

“money” means cash (that is to say, coins or notes in any currency) or any negotiable instrument;

“police officer” means a member of the Honorary Police, a member of the States of Jersey Police Force, the Agent of the Impôts or any other officer of the Impôts;

“property” means all property, whether movable or immovable, or vested or contingent, and whether situated in Jersey or elsewhere;

“realisable property” has the meaning given in Article 2(1) and (2);

“saisie judiciaire” means an order to which Article 16(1) refers;

“value of a gift” has the meaning given in Article 2(7) and (8);

“value of property” has the meaning given in Article 2(4), (5) and (6).

(2) For the purposes of this Law –

(a) references to property obtained, or to a pecuniary advantage derived, in connection with criminal conduct include a reference to property obtained or to a pecuniary advantage derived both in that connection and in some other connection (whether received before or after the commencement of the Enforcement Regulations); and

(b) where a person derives a pecuniary advantage as a result of or in connection with criminal conduct, the person is to be treated as if the person had obtained, as a result of or in connection with that conduct, a sum of money equal to the pecuniary advantage.

(3) For the purposes of this Law, proceedings for an offence are instituted in a country or territory outside Jersey when –

(a) the defendant has been notified in writing in accordance with the laws of that country or territory that proceedings have begun there against the defendant in respect of an offence; or

(b) an application has been made to a court in that country or territory for an external confiscation order against the defendant,

whichever is the earliest.

(4) For the purposes of this Law, proceedings for an offence are concluded –

(a) when (disregarding any power of a court to grant leave to appeal out of time) there is no further possibility of an external confiscation order being made in the proceedings; or

(b) on satisfaction of an external confiscation order made in the proceedings, whether by the recovery of all property liable to be recovered or the payment of any amount due.

(5) For the purposes of this Law, an external confiscation order is satisfied when no property remains liable to be recovered, or no amount is due, under that order.

2 Meanings of expressions relating to realisable property

(1) In this Law, “realisable property” means –

(a) in relation to an external confiscation order in respect of specified property, the property that is specified in the order;

(b) in any other case –

(i) any property held by the defendant,

(ii) any property held by a person to whom the defendant has directly or indirectly made a gift caught by this Law, and

(iii) any property to which the defendant is beneficially entitled.

(2) However, property is not realisable property if –

(a) a confiscation order;

(b) an order under Article 9 of the Proceeds of Crime (Cash Seizure) (Jersey) Law 2008;

(d) an order under Article 27 of the Terrorism (Jersey) Law 2002,

is in force in respect of the property.

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(4) Subject to the following provisions of this Article, for the purposes of this Law the value of property (other than cash) in relation to any person holding the property means the market value of the property.

(5) References in this Law to the value at any time (referred to in paragraph (6) as the “material time”) of any property obtained by a person as a result of or in connection with an offence are references to –

(a) the value of the property to the person when the person obtained it, adjusted to take account of subsequent changes in the value of money; or

(b) where paragraph (6) applies, the value there mentioned,

whichever is greater.

(6) If at the material time the person holds –

(a) the property that the person obtained (not being cash); or

(b) property that, in whole or in part, directly or indirectly represents in his or her hands the property that the person obtained,

the value referred to in paragraph (5)(b) is the value to the person at the material time of the property mentioned in sub-paragraph (a) or (as the case may be) in sub-paragraph (b) so far as it represents the property that the person obtained.

(7) Subject to paragraph (10), references in this Law to the value at any time (referred to in paragraph (8) as the “material time”) of a gift caught by this Law are references to –

(a) the value of the gift to the recipient when he or she received it, adjusted to take account of subsequent changes in the value of money; or

(b) property that, in whole or in part, directly or indirectly represents the property that he or she received,

whichever is greater.

(8) Subject to paragraph (10), if at the material time the person holds –

(a) the property that the person received (not being cash); or

(b) property that, in whole or in part, directly or indirectly represents in his or her hands the property that the person received,

the value referred to in paragraph (7)(b) is the value to the person at the material time of the property mentioned in sub-paragraph (a) or (as the case may be) in sub-paragraph (b) so far as it represents the property that the person received.

(9) A gift (including a gift made before the commencement of the Enforcement Regulations) is caught by this Law if –

(a) it was made by the defendant at any time after the conduct to which the external confiscation order relates; and

(b) the Court considers it appropriate in all the circumstances to take the gift into account.

(10) For the purposes of this Law –

(a) the circumstances in which the defendant is to be treated as making a gift include those where the defendant transfers property to another person directly or indirectly for a value that is significantly less than the value provided by the defendant; and

(b) in those circumstances, the preceding provisions of this Article shall apply as if the defendant had made a gift of such share in the property as bears to the whole property the same proportion as the difference between the values referred to in sub-paragraph (a) bears to the value provided by the defendant.

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PART 2

EXTERNAL CONFISCATION ORDERS

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15 Cases in which saisies judiciaires may be made

(1) The powers conferred on the Court by Article 16 are exercisable where –

(a) proceedings have been instituted in a country or territory outside Jersey and have not been concluded, and –

(i) an external confiscation order has been made in the proceedings, or

(ii) it appears to the Court that there are reasonable grounds for believing that such an order will be made in the proceedings;

16 Saisies judiciaires

(1) The Court may, subject to such conditions and exceptions as may be specified in it, make an order (in this Part referred to as a saisie judiciaire) on an application made by or on behalf of the Attorney General on behalf of the government of a country or territory outside Jersey.

(2) An application for a saisie judiciaire may be made ex parte to the Bailiff in chambers.

(3) A saisie judiciaire shall provide for notice to be given to any person affected by the order.

(4) Subject to paragraph (5), on the making of a saisie judiciaire –

(a) all the realisable property held by the defendant in Jersey shall vest in the Viscount;

(b) any specified person may be prohibited from dealing with any realisable property held by that person whether the property is described in the order or not;

(c) any specified person may be prohibited from dealing with any realisable property transferred to the person after the making of the order,

and the Viscount shall have the duty to take possession of and, in accordance with the Court’s directions, to manage or otherwise deal with any such realisable property; and any specified person having possession of any realisable property may be required to give possession of it to the Viscount.

(5) Any property vesting in the Viscount pursuant to paragraph (4)(a) shall so vest subject to all hypothecs and security interests with which such property was burdened prior to the vesting.

(6) A saisie judiciaire –

(a) may be discharged or varied in relation to any property; and

(b) shall be discharged when the proceedings in relation to which it was made are concluded.

(7) An application for the discharge or variation of a saisie judiciaire may be made to the Bailiff in chambers by any person affected by it and the Bailiff may rule upon the application or may, at the Bailiff’s discretion, refer it to the Court for adjudication.

(8) Where it appears to the Court that any order made by it under this Article may affect immovable property situate in Jersey, it shall order the registration of the order in the Public Registry.

(9) For the purposes of this Article, dealing with property held by any person includes (without prejudice to the generality of the expression) –

(a) where a debt is owed to that person, making a payment to any person in reduction of the amount of the debt; and

(b) removing the property from Jersey.

(10) Where the Court has made a saisie judiciaire a police officer may, for the purpose of preventing the removal of any realisable property from Jersey, seize the property.

(11) Property seized under paragraph (10) shall be dealt with in accordance with the Court’s directions.

17 Realisation of property

(1) Where –

(a) an external confiscation order has been registered under Article 39; and

(b) the Court has made a saisie judiciaire,

(2) The Court shall not in respect of any property exercise its power under paragraph (1) unless a reasonable opportunity has been given for persons holding any interest in the property to make representations to the Court.

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20 Application of proceeds of realisation and other sums

(1) The following sums in the hands of the Viscount, that is to say –

(a) money that has vested in the Viscount or come into the Viscount’s possession pursuant to Article 16; and

(b) the proceeds of the realisation of any property under Article 17,

shall, after such payments (if any) as the Court may direct have been made out of those sums and then after payment of the Viscount’s fees and expenses, be applied on the defendant’s behalf towards the satisfaction of the external confiscation order.

(2) The amount applied by the Viscount towards the satisfaction of the external confiscation order shall be paid in to the Criminal Offences Confiscations Fund.

(3) If, after payment of the Viscount’s fees and expenses and of the amount payable under the external confiscation order, any sums remain in the hands of the Viscount, the Viscount shall distribute those sums –

(a) among such of those persons who held the property that has been realised under this Part; and

(b) in such proportions,

as the Court may direct after giving them a reasonable opportunity to make representations to the Court.

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22 Bankruptcy of defendant

(1) Where a person who holds realisable property becomes bankrupt –

(a) no property for the time being subject to a saisie judiciaire made before the order judging the person bankrupt; and

(b) no proceeds of property realised by virtue of Article 16(4) or 17 for the time being in the hands of the Viscount,

shall form part of the person’s estate for the relevant bankruptcy proceedings.

(2) Where a person has become bankrupt, the powers conferred on the Court by Articles 16, 17 and 20 or on the Viscount shall not be exercised in relation to –

(a) property which the bankrupt has placed under the control of the Court (a remis entre les mains de la Justice);

(b) property which has been declared en désastre;

(d) property which has been adjudged renounced (adjugé renoncé).

(3) Paragraph (2) does not affect the enforcement of a saisie judiciaire –

(a) made before the person becomes bankrupt; or

(b) on property that was subject to a saisie judiciaire made when the person became bankrupt.

23 Limitation of liability of Viscount

Where the Viscount –

(a) takes any action in relation to property that is not realisable property, being action that the Viscount would be entitled to take if it were such property; and

(b) believes and has reasonable grounds for believing that the Viscount is entitled to take that action in relation to that property,

the Viscount shall not be liable to any person in respect of any loss of damage resulting from the Viscount’s action, except in so far as the loss of damage is caused by the Viscount’s bad faith.

24 Criminal Offences Confiscations Fund

(1) There shall be established a Fund to be called the Criminal Offences Confiscations Fund which, subject to this Article, shall be managed and controlled by the Minister.

(2) All amounts –

(a) recovered under or in satisfaction of an external confiscation order; or

(b) received under an asset sharing agreement,

shall be included in the monies which are paid into the Fund.

(3) Monies paid into the Fund shall not form part of the annual income of the States.

(3A) The Fund shall be a special fund for the purposes of the Public Finances (Jersey) Law 2005.

(4) Subject to paragraph (5), monies in the Fund shall be applied by the Minister for the following purposes, that is to say –

(a) in promoting or supporting measures that, in the opinion of the Minister, may assist –

(i) in preventing, suppressing or otherwise dealing with criminal conduct,

(ii) in dealing with the consequences of criminal conduct,

(iii) without prejudice to the generality of clauses (i) and (ii), in facilitating the enforcement of any enactment dealing with criminal conduct;

(b) discharging Jersey’s obligations under asset sharing agreements; and

(4A) Without prejudice to the generality of paragraph (4), and following consultation with the Attorney General, the States may by Regulations provide that such particular monies or particular class of monies in the Fund as shall be specified in the Regulations shall be applied only for such purpose as shall similarly be specified.

(5) Before promoting or supporting any measure under paragraph (4)(a), the Minister shall consult the Attorney General and other persons or bodies (including other Ministers) as the Minister considers appropriate.

(6) Monies paid in to the Fund, while not applied for any of the purposes of paragraph (4), must be –

(a) held in the custody of the Treasurer of the States at the States Treasury; or

(b) placed, in the name of the States, in a current or deposit account with one or more banks selected by the Minister,

and any interest earned on such monies while held in such an account shall be paid by the States into the Fund.

(7) Monies held in any account by virtue of paragraph (6)(b) may be withdrawn on the signature of the Treasurer of the States.

(8) In this Article –

“asset sharing agreement” means any agreement or arrangement made by or on behalf of Jersey with a country or territory outside Jersey for the sharing of the proceeds of criminal conduct that, as a result of mutual assistance, have been confiscated or forfeited either in Jersey or elsewhere;

“criminal conduct” has the meaning given by Article 1(1) of this Law, disregarding any modification to that definition made by the Enforcement Regulations.

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PART 3

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PART 4

REGISTRATION OF EXTERNAL CONFISCATION ORDERS

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39 Registration of external confiscation orders

(1) On the application of the Attorney General, the Court may register an external confiscation order if –

(a) the Court is satisfied that at the time of registration the order is in force and is not subject to appeal;

(b) it is satisfied, where the person against whom the order is made did not appear in the proceedings, that the person received notice of the proceedings in sufficient time to enable the person to defend them; and

(2) In paragraph (1), “appeal” includes –

(a) any proceedings by way of discharging or setting aside a judgment; and

(b) an application for a new trial or a stay of execution.

(3) The Court shall cancel the registration of an external confiscation order if it appears to the Court that the order has been satisfied by the payment of the amount due under it or by the person against whom it was made serving imprisonment in default of payment or by any other means.

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44 Rules of Court

The power of the Superior Number of the Royal Court to make Rules of Court under the Royal Court (Jersey) Law 1948 includes a power to make Rules for the purposes of this Law.

45 Citation

This Law may be cited as the Proceeds of Crime (Jersey) Law 1999, as modified by the Proceeds of Crime (Enforcement of Confiscation Orders) (Jersey) Regulations 2008.

SCHEDULE 1

(Article 1(1))

OFFENCES RELEVANT TO CRIMINAL CONDUCT

Any offence in Jersey for which a person is liable on conviction to imprisonment for a term of one or more years (whether or not the person is also liable to any other penalty).

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Table of Legislation History

Legislation	Year and No	Commencement
Proceeds of Crime (Enforcement of Confiscation Orders) (Jersey) Regulations 2008	R&O.77/2008	23 July 2008
Proceeds of Crime and Terrorism (Miscellaneous Provisions) (Jersey) Law 2014	L.7/2014	4 August 2014 (R&O.102/2014)
International Co-operation (Protection from Liability) (Jersey) Law 2018	L.29/2018	18 June 2019 (R&O.48/2019)
Proceeds of Crime (Miscellaneous Amendments No. 2) (Jersey) Regulations 2021	R&O.84/2021	8 October 2021

Table of Renumbered Provisions

Original	Current
9	Spent, omitted
10	9

Table of Endnote References

[1] Regulation 2(1) amended by L.7/2014

[2] Regulation 2(2) substituted by L.7/2014

[3] Schedule former Schedules 1 & 2 substituted by L.7/2014, amended by L.29/2018, R&O.84/2021

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