14 Postponement
Proceeds of Crime Act 2002 (2002 c 29) | Legislation

Procedural matters

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(1)     The court may—

(a)     proceed under section 6 before it sentences the defendant for the offence (or any of the offences) concerned, or

(b)     postpone proceedings under section 6 for a specified period.

(2)     A period of postponement may be extended.

(3)     A period of postponement (including one as extended) must not end after the permitted period ends.

(4)     But subsection (3) does not apply if there are exceptional circumstances.

(5)     The permitted period is the period of two years

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