Proceeds of Crime Act 2002 Explanatory Notes

Enforcement receivers

Section 198: Appointment

261.Where a confiscation order has been made, section 198 empowers the Crown Court to appoint a person to act as enforcement receiver to help the prosecutor to enforce the confiscation order. This person may be the same as a management receiver appointed under section 196 or not, as the case may be.

Section 199: Powers

262.Section 199 sets out the powers that the court can confer on a receiver so appointed (for example, the power to seize and sell property).

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