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WEDNESDAY, JULY 15, 1992

THE HIGH

THE BILL ALSO PROVIDES THAT THE POLICE MAY APPLY TO COURT OR DISTRICT COURT FOR A WARRANT TO ENTER AND SEARCH PREMISES SEIZE EVIDENCE RELEVANT TO AN INVESTIGATION.

HE SAID THE SPECIAL INVESTIGATIVE POWERS PROPOSED IN ΤΟ ORGANISED CRIMES EXIST IN VARIOUS FORMS IN A NUMBER ORDINANCES, FOR EXAMPLE, THE SECURITIES AND ORDINANCE AND THE COMPANIES ORDINANCE.

TO

RELATION OF OTHER FUTURES COMMISSION

COURTS PENALTIES, APPROPRIATE.

THE SECRETARY ALSO SAID THEY HAD ALSO SOUGHT ΤΟ

ΤΟ IMPOSE MORE STRINGENT PENALTIES, INCLUDING

FOR THOSE CONVICTED OF ORGANISED AND SERIOUS CRIMES

ENABLE

THE

FINANCIAL WHERE

IT IS ALSO PROPOSED THAT WHERE A PERSON HAS BEEN CONVICTED THE HIGH COURT OR DISTRICT COURT OF AN OFFENCE IN SCHEDULES 1 OR 2 THE BILL, THE PROSECUTION WILL BE ENTITLED TO PROVIDE THE COURT INFORMATION RELATING TO THE OFFENCE, IT'S RELATIONSHIP TO CRIME, ITS IMPACT ON VICTIMS AND ITS FINANCIAL BENEFITS.

IN

OF

WITH

ORGANISED

BEFORE THE APPROPRIATE

AFTER HAVING REGARD TO THE INFORMATION BROUGHT COURT, IF THE COURT IS SATISFIED THAT IT WOULD BE IMPOSE A HEAVIER SENTENCE THAN WOULD OTHERWISE BE THE CASE, MAY IMPOSE SUCH A SENTENCE, PROVIDED IT DOES NOT EXCEED THE MAXIMUM.

ΤΟ THEN IT STATUTORY

CONVICTED OF A CONFISCATION PERSON IN

IT IS ALSO PROPOSED THAT WHERE A PERSON IS SPECIFIED OFFENCE, THE COURT WILL BE EMPOWERED TO MAKE A ORDER IN RESPECT OF ALL PROCEEDS OF CRIME RECEIVED BY THE CONNECTION WITH THE COMMISSION OF ANY OFFENCE.

IN ADDITION, A GENERAL MONEY LAUNDERING OFFENCE PROCEEDS OF ALL CRIMES IS PROPOSED.

WHITE

COVERING THE

"THESE PROPOSALS REPRESENT AN EXTENSION OF THE PROPOSALS IN THE BILL ON ORGANISED CRIME, IN THAT THEY WOULD NOT BE THE PROCEEDS OF SPECIFIED OFFENCES RELATING TO ORGANISED CRIME.

LIMITED TO

"I BELIEVE THAT THE PROPOSALS I HAVE OUTLINED IMPROVE OUR ABILITY TO INVESTIGATE AND PROSECUTE THOSE RESPONSIBLE FOR WILL GREATLY ORGANISED AND SERIOUS CRIMES, AND TO DESTROY THE POWER, ESPECIALLY THE FINANCIAL POWER, OF ORGANISED CRIME SYNDICATES, HE SAID.

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MEANWHILE, THE CRIMINAL PROCEDURE (AMENDMENT) BILI 1992 REQUIREMENT FOR A CORROBORATION WARNING IN

ABOLISH THE

THE EVIDENCE OF ACCOMPLICES.

WOULD RESPECT OF

THEIR

THE RESULT WILL BE THAT JUDGES WILL BE ABLE TO EXERCISE DISCRETION TO DEAL WITH THE CREDIBILITY OF ACCOMPLICE WITNESSES IN THE SAME MANNER AS THEY DEAL WITH CREDIBILITY GENERALLY.

DEBATES ON THE BILLS WERE ADJOURNED.

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