63. Procedure on application

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Where an application is made to the High Court for a confiscation order or benefit recovery order the High Court may have regard to the transcript of any proceedings against the person convicted of the serious offence and hear such further oral evidence as the Court may deem fit.

Where an application is made for a confiscation order or benefit recovery order to the High Court and where the Court has not, when the application is made, passed sentence on the person for the offence, the Court may, defer passing sentence until it has determined the application for the order.