16 CAP. 9.] Computation of sentences of imprisonment. Added by: VI. 1947.6. Substituted by: III. 2002.8. CRIMINAL CODE 22. Except in the case of a sentence of imprisonment for life or of imprisonment or detention in default of payment of a fine (multa or ammenda), any time prior to conviction and sentence during which the person sentenced is in prison for the offence or offences for which he has been so convicted and sentenced, not being time in prison in execution of a sentence, shall count as part of the term of imprisonment or detention under his sentence; but where he was previously subject to a probation order, an order for conditional discharge or to a suspended sentence in respect of such offence or offences, any such period falling before that order was made or suspended sentence passed shall be disregarded for the purposes of this article: Provided that where any time prior to conviction as aforesaid has, by virtue of this article, been counted as part of the term of imprisonment or detention under the sentence in respect of that conviction, such time shall not be counted as part of the term of imprisonment or detention under any other sentence. Forfeiture of corpus delicti. Amended by: VI. 1947.7; XXXI. 2007.3. 23. (1) The forfeiture of the corpus delicti, of the instruments used or intended to be used in the commission of any crime, and of anything obtained by such crime, is a consequence of the punishment for the crime as established by law, even though such forfeiture be not expressly stated in the law, unless some person who has not participated in the crime, has a claim to such property. (2) In case of contraventions, such forfeiture shall only take place in cases in which it is expressly stated in the law. (3) In the case of things the manufacture, use, carrying, keeping or sale whereof constitutes an offence, the forfeiture thereof may be ordered by the court even though there has not been a conviction and although such things do not belong to the accused. (4) Notwithstanding the provisions of subarticles (1) to (3), where the Attorney General communicates to a magistrate a request by a foreign authority for the return of an article obtained by criminal means for purposes of restitution to its rightful owner, the court may after hearing the parties and if it deems it proper so to act after taking into consideration all the circumstances of the case, order that the forfeiture of any such article shall not take place and that the article shall be returned to the requesting foreign authority. 23A. (1) In this article, unless the context otherwise requires: Freezing of property of person accused. Added by: III. 2002.9. Amended by: III. 2004.69; VII. 2010.3. Cap. 373. "relevant offence" means any offence not being one of an involuntary nature other than a crime under the Ordinances or under the Act, liable to the punishment of imprisonment or of detention for a term of more than one year; Cap. 101. Cap. 31. "the Ordinances" means the Dangerous Drugs Ordinance and the Medical and Kindred Professions Ordinance. "the Act" means the Prevention of Money Laundering Act; (2) Where a person is charged with a relevant offence the provisions of article 5 of the Act shall apply mutatis mutandis and the same provisions shall apply to any order made by the Court by