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Page 33 of Annex A

11.

Charging orders in respect of land, securities, etc.

(1) The High Court may make a charging order on realisable

property for securing the payment to the Government

(2)

-

(a) where a fixed amount is payable under an external

confiscation order, of an amount not exceeding the

amount so payable; and

(b)

in any other case, of an amount equal to the value

from time to time of the property charged.

For the purposes of this Ordinance, a charging order is an

order made under this section imposing on any such realisable

property as may be specified in the order a charge for securing the

payment of money to the Government.

(3) A charging order -

(a)

(b)

(c)

(a)

may be made only on an application by or on behalf of

the government of a designated country or, in a case

where an external confiscation order has been

registered under section 29, by a receiver appointed

under section 12 or the Attorney General;

may be made on an ex parte application to a judge in

chambers;

may, notwithstanding anything in Order 11 of the

Rules of the Supreme Court (Cap. 4 sub. leg.),

provide for service on, or the provision of notice

to, persons affected by the order in such manner as

the High Court may direct; and

may be made subject to such conditions as the High

Court thinks fit and, without prejudice to the

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