Proceeds of Crime Act, 2002

ss. 6-7CAP. 143 Proceeds of Crime L.R.O. 1991 14Notice of 6. (1) Where the Director of Public Prosecutions applies for aapplication. forfeiture order against property in respect of a person’sconviction of a scheduled offence(a) the Director of Public Prosecutions must give no less than14 days written notice of the application to the person andto any other person who the Director of PublicProsecutions has reason to believe may have an interest inthe property;(b) the person, and any other person who claims an interest inthe property, may appear and adduce evidence at thehearing of the application; and(c) the Court may, at any time before the final determinationof the application, direct the Director of PublicProsecutions(i) to give notice of the application to any person who,in the opinion of the Court, appears to have aninterest in the property;(ii)to publish in the OfJiciaZ Gazette and in a newspaperpublished and circulating in Barbados notice of theapplication in the manner and containing suchparticulars and within the time that the Courtconsiders appropriate.(2) Where the Director of Public Prosecutions applies for aconfiscation order against a person(a) the Director of Public Prosecutions must give the personno less than 14 days written notice of the application; and(b) the person may appear’and adduce evidence at the hearingof the application.Amendment 7. (1) The Court hearing an application under section 5(l)of application.may, before final determination of the application, and on theapplication of the Director of Public Prosecutions, amend theapplication to include any other property or benefit, as the casemay be, upon being satisfied that(a) the property or benefit was not reasonably capable ofidentification when the application was originally made; or(b) necessary evidence became available only after theapplication was originally made.