{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/proceeds-of-crime-act-2002/section-44A",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/proceeds-of-crime-act-2002/section-44A.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/2002/29",
  "legislation_title": "Proceeds of Crime Act 2002",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/proceeds-of-crime-act-2002",
  "path": "section/44A",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "44A",
  "heading": "Detention of property pending appeal",
  "text": "(1) This section applies where—\n(a) a restraint order includes provision under section 41A authorising the detention of property, and\n(b) the restraint order is discharged under section 42(5) or 67J(3)(b).\n(2) This section also applies where—\n(a) a restraint order includes provision under section 41A authorising the detention of property, and\n(b) the restraint order is varied under section 42(5) or 67J(3)(b) so as to omit any such provision.\n(3) The property may be detained until there is no further possibility of an appeal against—\n(a) the decision to discharge or vary the restraint order, or\n(b) any decision made on an appeal against that decision.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "S. 44A inserted (1.6.2015) by Policing and Crime Act 2009 (c. 26), ss. 52(3), 116(1); S.I. 2015/983, art. 2(2)(a)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Word in s. 44A(1)(b) substituted (29.6.2026) by Crime and Policing Act 2026 (c. 20), s. 255(1), Sch. 21 para. 31(3); S.I. 2026/689, reg. 2(1)(z12)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Word in s. 44A(2)(b) substituted (29.6.2026) by Crime and Policing Act 2026 (c. 20), s. 255(1), Sch. 21 para. 31(3); S.I. 2026/689, reg. 2(1)(z12)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2002/29/section/44A",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:19:19.387180+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}