23 Exercise of powers by Court of Session or administrator.S
(1)The following provisions apply to the powers conferred on the [court] by sections 8, [9, 11, 11A], 12 to 13, 16 and 24 of this Act, or on an administrator appointed under subsection (1) of the said section 13.
(2)Subject to the following provisions of this section, the powers shall be exercised with a view to making available for satisfying a confiscation order the value for the time being of realisable property held by any person by the realisation of such property.
(3)In the case of a person who holds realisable property by virtue only of having received an implicative gift, the powers shall, [be exercised with a view to realising no more than the value of the gift as assessed in pursuance of section 6(2), (3) or (3A) of this Act].
(4)The powers shall be exercised with a view to allowing any person other than one mentioned in paragraph (a) or (b) of section 5(1) of this Act to retain or recover the value of any property held by him.
(5)An order may be made or other action taken in respect of a debt owned by the Crown.
(6)Subject to subsection (4) above . . ., in exercising those powers no account shall be taken of an obligation . . .of a person holding realisable property if that obligation conflicts with the obligation to satisfy a confiscation order.
(7)Subsections (2) to (6) of [section 31 of the Drug Trafficking Act 1994](exercise of powers by High Court etc.) shall apply as regards the powers conferred on the [court] by sections 27 [28, 28A and 28B], of this Act as those subsections apply as regards the powers conferred on the High Court (within the meaning that expression has in relation to England and Wales) by the sections mentioned in subsection (1) of the said [section 31].
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