(4) The objects declared as cultural heritage and natural rarities, as well as those to which
the damaged party is personally attached, shall be confiscated from third parties, regardless
of whether these objects have been transferred to the third parties with or without an
appropriate compensation.
(5) The confiscated goods are returned to the damaged party, and if there is no damaged
party, they become the state property.
(6) If during the criminal procedure, the damaged person is adjudged a property and legal
claim, the court shall pronounce confiscation of property benefit in case if this exceeds the
amount of this claim.
Enlarged confiscation
Article 98-a
(1) The property obtained in the time period, determined by the court according to the
case's circumstances which shall not be longer than five years before the commission of the
crime, prior to the conviction, when based on all the circumstances the court is well
asserted that the property exceeds the legal incomes of the offender and originates from
such crime, shall be confiscated from the offender of a crime committed within a criminal
association wherefore a property benefit for which an imprisonment sentence of at least
four years is prescribed, as well as a crime in relation with the terrorism referred to in Article
313, 394-a, 394-b, 394-c and 419 of this Code for which an imprisonment sentence of
minimum five years or more has been prescribed or which is related to a money laundering
crime wherefore an imprisonment sentence of at least four years is prescribed.
(2) The property referred to in paragraph (1) of this Article shall be as well confiscated from
third parties for which it has been obtained by committing the crime.
(3) The property referred to in paragraph (1) of this Article shall be as well confiscated from
members of the offender's family to which it has been transferred should it be obvious that
they have not provided counter-compensation corresponding to its value, or from third
parties unless they prove that they have provided counter-compensation for the object or
the property, corresponding to their value.
Protection of the damaged party
Article 99
(1) The damaged party who has been referred to a litigation in the criminal procedure in
regard to his property and legal claim, may demand to settle this from the confiscated
value, if the litigation is initiated within six months after the day the decision with which he
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