(Repealed) Sentence of forfeiture of property

Property forfeiture as a criminal sentence is no longer available: the statutory provision that allowed a court to order a convict to forfeit property has been repealed. A judge cannot impose forfeiture under this removed rule. Any confiscation of property must be authorised by some other specific law.

Ravi is convicted of theft. Under the repealed provision the court could once have ordered his property forfeited, but now it cannot. If the state wants to take his assets it must rely on some other law that specifically authorises confiscation.