Drugs and Drug Trafficking Act, 1992 (Act No. 40 of 1992)

Chapter V : Proceeds of Drug Trafficking

Realization of property

47. Application of certain sums of money

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The following sums of money in the hands of a curator bonis appointed under this Chapter, namely—

(a) the proceeds of any realizable property realized by virtue of section 46; and
(b) any other sums of money, being property held by the defendant in question,

shall, after such payments as the superior court may direct have been made out of such sums of money, be applied on that defendant's behalf in satisfaction of the confiscation order made against him: Provided that, if sums of money remain in the hands of the curator bonis after the amount payable under such confiscation order has been fully paid, the curator bonis shall distribute those sums of money—

(i) among such persons who held realizable property which has been realized by virtue of section 46; and
(ii) in such proportions,

as that court may, after affording such persons an opportunity to make representations to it in connection with the distribution of those sums of money, direct.