[No. 50.]
Pt.8 S.56
Criminal Justice (Theft and Fraud
Offences) Act, 2001.
[2001.]
part of it or of property so representing it), order that
other property to be delivered or transferred to the applicant, or
(iii) order that a sum not exceeding the value of the first-mentioned property shall be paid, out of any money of the
convicted person which was taken out of his or her possession when arrested, to any person who, if that property
were in the possession of the convicted person, would be
entitled to recover it from him or her.
(2) Where the court has power on a person’s conviction to make
an order against him or her under both paragraph (ii) and paragraph
(iii) of subsection (1) with reference to the stealing of the same property, the court may make orders under both paragraphs, if the person
in whose favour the orders are made does not thereby recover more
than the value of that property.
(3) Where—
(a) the court makes an order under subsection (1)(i) for the restoration of any property, and
(b) it appears to the court that the convicted person has sold the
property to a person acting in good faith or has borrowed
money on the security of it from a person so acting,
then, on the application of the purchaser or lender the court may
order that there shall be paid to the applicant, out of any money of
the convicted person which was taken out of his or her possession
when arrested, a sum not exceeding the amount paid for the purchase by the applicant or, as the case may be, the amount owed to
the applicant in respect of the loan.
(4) (a) The court shall not exercise the powers conferred by this
section unless in its opinion the relevant facts sufficiently
appear from evidence given at the trial or the available
documents, together with admissions made by or on
behalf of any person in connection with any proposed
exercise of the powers.
(b) In paragraph (a) ‘‘available documents’’ means—
(i) any written statements or admissions which were
made for use, and would have been admissible in
evidence, at the trial,
(ii) any depositions taken in any proceedings before the
trial, and
(iii) any written statements or admissions used as evidence at the trial or in any such proceedings.
(5) The provisions of section 20 in relation to property which has
been stolen shall have effect also in relation to the property referred
to in this section.
(6) This section is without prejudice to the Police (Property) Act,
1897 (disposal of property in the possession of the Garda Sı́ochána).
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