# The Criminal Justice (International Co-operation) Act 1990 (Enforcement of Overseas Forfeiture Orders) (Amendment) Order 1992, Note: Explanatory note


(This note is not part of the Order)
This Order amends the Criminal Justice (International Co-operation) Act 1990 (Enforcement of Overseas Forfeiture Orders) Order 1991 (S.I.1991/1463) and the Criminal Justice (International Co-operation) Act 1990 (Enforcement of Overseas Forfeiture Orders) (Northern Ireland) Order 1991 (S.I.1991/1464). These provide for the enforcement in England and Wales and Northern Ireland of orders made by a court in a designated country or territory for the forfeiture and destruction or other disposal of property used in connection with the commission of a drug trafficking offence. The powers in each of the 1991 Orders also apply to proceedings which have been or are to be instituted in a designated country or territory and may result in such an order being made there.
Article 3 amends the list of designated countries in each of the 1991 Orders to include Afghanistan, Argentina, Brazil, Burma, Cameroon, Czechoslovakia, Germany, Greece, Guyana, Honduras, Hungary, Ivory Coast, Monaco, Nepal, Pakistan, Peru, Portugal, Seychelles, Sri Lanka, Syria, Uruguay and Venezuela. Article 2 makes consequential amendments to each of the 1991 Orders.
By virtue of article 1(1) this Order comes into force on 25th July 1992.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1992/1721/note (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/criminal-justice-international-co-operation-act-1990-enforcement-of-overseas-forfeiture-orders-amendment-order-1992/note
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