1.—(1) An order made by a court of the United States of America for the purpose of recovering payments or other rewards received in connection with drug trafficking or their value is referred to in this Act as a “confiscation order”, and for the purposes of its registration under section 26A of this Act “external confiscation order” means any such order.
(2) In subsection (1) above the reference to an order includes any order, decree, direction or judgment, however described.
(3) A person against whom a confiscation order has been made or a person against whom proceedings which may result in a confiscation order being made have been, or are to be, instituted in a court of the United States of America, is referred to in this Act as “the defendant”.
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