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(2) An object or property which has been produced, manufactured or brought
about by way of an offence, or at which an offence has been directed, may be ordered fully or partially forfeit, if forfeiture is necessary:
(1) due to the object or property being hazardous to health or the environment,
(2) in order to prevent further offences, where the object or property is especially suitable as a target of an offence or as an instrument of crime,
(3) in order to achieve the objective of provisions or orders pertaining to
economic regulation, import or export, or
(4) in order to achieve the objective of provisions or orders for the protection
of nature and the environment.
(3) A container, packaging or other material used for the storage of an object or
property that is to be ordered forfeit may likewise be ordered forfeit, if the forfeiture of the object or property cannot otherwise be enforced without undue inconvenience.
Section 6 — Restrictions on forfeiture (875/2001)
(1) An object or other property referred to in section 4 or 5 may not be ordered
forfeit if it belongs in full or in part to someone else than the offender, a participant or a person on whose behalf or with whose consent the offence has been
committed. However, the object or property may be ordered forfeit from a person
to whom it has been conveyed after the commission of the offence, if, when receiving it, he or she knew or had justifiable reason to believe that the object or property was linked to an offence, or if he or she has received it as a gift or otherwise
free of charge.
(2) Regardless of ownership, an object or property shall be ordered forfeit also if
the owner would commit an offence by having the object or property in his or her
possession.
Section 7 — Lapse of forfeiture (875/2001)
(1) Upon deciding a request for forfeiture, the court may on the consent of the defendant order that the forfeiture shall lapse if the object or property referred to in
section 4 or 5 is altered within a given period as specified in the judgment, or
other measures specified in the judgment are carried out thereon, with the result
that the forfeiture thus becomes unnecessary.
(2) The bailiff monitors compliance with the specifications in the judgment and
decides whether the forfeiture shall lapse. The person subject to the forfeiture
may appeal against the decision in accordance with the procedure on appeals in
enforcement. For a special reason, the bailiff may extend the period referred to in
subsection 1. The Legal Register Centre shall be notified of a lapse of forfeiture.
(3) The person subject to the forfeiture is liable for the costs of alteration and the
other enforcement of the judgment.