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CAP. 201]
Prevention of Bribery
(1974 Ed.
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Reversal or variation of Commissioner's decision.
Restraining orders.
accordance with the consent of the Commissioner shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine of $50,000 or the value of the property disposed or otherwise dealt with, whichever is greater, and to imprisonment for 3 years.
(Added, 9 of 1974, s. 7)
14B. (1) A person on whom a notice under section 14A(1) has been served who is aggrieved by the refusal of the Commissioner to give a consent thereunder or by the imposition of any terms or conditions to any such consent may at any time apply to the court for an order to reverse or vary the decision of the Commissioner.
(2) An applicant under subsection (1) shall give to the Com- missioner such notice of the day fixed for the hearing of the applica- tion as a judge of the court may order.
(3) On the hearing of an application under subsection (1), the court may--
(a) reverse the decision of the Commissioner and consent to the disposal of or other dealing with any property specified in the notice subject to such terms and conditions as it thinks fit; or
(b) vary any of the terms and conditions imposed by the
Commissioner to a consent under section 14A(4).
(4) In this section and in sections 14C, 14D and 14E "court" means the District Court.
(Added, 9 of 1974, s. 7)
14C. (1) If, on application ex parte by or on behalf of the Commissioner, the court is satisfied that-
(a) any property is due to a person (hereinafter in this section and in sections 14D and 14E referred to as the "suspected person"), who is the subject of an investigation in respect of an offence alleged or suspected to have been committed by him under this Ordinance or against whom a prosecu- tion for such an offence has been instituted, from another person (hereinafter so referred to as the "third party"); or (b) a third party is holding any property for or on behalf of
or to the order of a suspected person,
the court may make an order under this subsection (hereinafter so referred to as a "restraining order”).
(2) In making a restraining order the court may—
(a) impose such conditions; or
(b) exempt such property from the operation thereof (including
periodic payments of money),
as it thinks fit, but subject as aforesaid, the third party on whom a restraining order is served in accordance with subsection (3) shall