Federal Register of Legislation
Mutual Assistance in Criminal Matters Amendment (Registration of Foreign Proceeds of Crime Orders) Act 2011
No. 83, 2011
An Act to amend the Mutual Assistance in Criminal Matters Act 1987, and for related purposes
Contents 1 Short title 2 Commencement 3 Schedule(s) Schedule 1—Registration of foreign orders International Criminal Court Act 2002 International War Crimes Tribunals Act 1995 Mutual Assistance in Criminal Matters Act 1987
Mutual Assistance in Criminal Matters Amendment (Registration of Foreign Proceeds of Crime Orders) Act 2011 No. 83, 2011
An Act to amend the Mutual Assistance in Criminal Matters Act 1987, and for related purposes
[Assented to 25 July 2011]
The Parliament of Australia enacts:
1 Short title This Act may be cited as the Mutual Assistance in Criminal Matters Amendment (Registration of Foreign Proceeds of Crime Orders) Act 2011.
2 Commencement This Act commences on the day this Act receives the Royal Assent.
3 Schedule(s) Each Act that is specified in a Schedule to this Act is amended or repealed as set out in the applicable items in the Schedule concerned, and any other item in a Schedule to this Act has effect according to its terms.
Schedule 1—Registration of foreign orders
International Criminal Court Act 2002
1 At the end of subsection 156(1) Add ", unless the court is satisfied that it would be contrary to the interests of justice to do so".
2 Subsection 156(3) Omit "must", substitute "may".
International War Crimes Tribunals Act 1995
3 Subsection 45(1) Omit all the words and paragraphs after "the order", substitute ", unless the court is satisfied that it would be contrary to the interests of justice to do so".
4 After subsection 45(1) Insert: (1A) The Director of Public Prosecutions must give notice of the application: (a) to specified persons the Director of Public Prosecutions has reason to suspect may have an interest in the property; and (b) to such other persons as the court directs. (1B) However, the court may consider the application without notice having been given if the Director of Public Prosecutions requests the court to do so.
We try to embed the page this law was scraped from. If the site blocks framing, you still get the link and a local excerpt.
Last checked with source on —
Checking whether the official page can be embedded…
Plain-English simplify of this law: a short summary, key points, and both sides of the argument. Generated on first view via Replicate, then cached. Vote on what helps your study.
No study brief is cached for this law yet. Sign up to generate a plain-English brief.
Sign up to generate