10 Assumptions to be made in case of criminal lifestyle
Proceeds of Crime Act 2002 (2002 c 29) | Legislation

10  Assumptions to be made in case of criminal lifestyle

(1)     If the court decides under section 6 that the defendant has a criminal lifestyle it must make the following four assumptions for the purpose of—

(a)     deciding whether he has benefited from his general criminal conduct, and

(b)     deciding his benefit from the conduct.

(2)     The first assumption is that any property transferred to the defendant at any time after the relevant day was obtained by him—

(a)     as a result of his general criminal conduct, and

(b)     at the earliest time he appears to have held it.

(3)

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