{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/uk-borders-act-2007/section-25",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/uk-borders-act-2007/section-25.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/2007/30",
  "legislation_title": "UK Borders Act 2007",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/uk-borders-act-2007",
  "path": "section/25",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "25",
  "heading": "Forfeiture of detained property",
  "text": "(1) A court making a forfeiture order about property may order that the property be taken into the possession of the Secretary of State (and not of the police).\n(2) An order may be made under subsection (1) only if the court thinks that the offence in connection with which the order is made—\n(a) related to immigration or asylum, or\n(b) was committed for a purpose connected with immigration or asylum.\n(3) In subsection (1) “forfeiture order” means an order under—\n(a) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n(b) Article 11 of the Criminal Justice (Northern Ireland) Order 1994 (S.I. 1994/2795 (N.I. 15)).",
  "extent": "E+W+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "S. 25 repealed (E.W.) (1.12.2020) by Sentencing Act 2020 (c. 17), s. 416(1), Sch. 28, Sch. 29 (with ss. 413(4), 416(7), Sch. 27); S.I. 2020/1236, reg. 2"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "S. 25(3)(a) repealed (1.12.2020) by Sentencing Act 2020 (c. 17), s. 416(1), Sch. 28 (with ss. 413(4)(5), 416(7), Sch. 27); S.I. 2020/1236, reg. 2"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "S. 25 in force at 31.3.2008 by S.I. 2008/309, art. 3(a) (with art. 6)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2007/30/section/25",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:12:20.236890+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."
}