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Section 207 — Fraudulent claim to property to prevent its seizure as a forfeiture, in execution of a decree or under or pursuant to an enforcement order

As in force on 1 April 2022.

Timeline 4 versions
  1. 30 March 1987 Enacted
  2. 30 November 2008 Revised edition
  3. 1 April 2022 Act 25 of 2021
  4. 17 August 2026 Latest
Amended in force 1 April 2022 by Courts (Civil and Criminal Justice) Reform Act 2021
207.Fraudulent claim to property to prevent its seizure as a forfeiture or in execution of a decreeforfeiture, in execution of a decree or under or pursuant to an enforcement order

Whoever fraudulently accepts, receives or claims any property or any interest therein, knowing that he has no right or rightful claim to such property or interest, or practises any deception touching any right to any property or any interest therein, intending thereby to prevent that property or interest therein from being taken as a forfeiture or in satisfaction of a fine under a sentence which has been pronounced, or which he knows to be likely to be pronounced by a court of justice or other competent authority, or from being taken in execution of a decree or an orderorder, or under or pursuant to an enforcement order, which has been made or which he knows to be likely to be made by a court of justice in a civil suit, shall be punished with imprisonment for a term which may extend to 2 years, or with fine, or with both.