Enforcement

25Forfeiture of detained property

(1)A court making a forfeiture order about property may order that the property be taken into the possession of the Secretary of State (and not of the police).

(2)An order may be made under subsection (1) only if the court thinks that the offence in connection with which the order is made—

(a)related to immigration or asylum, or

(b)was committed for a purpose connected with immigration or asylum.

(3)In subsection (1) “forfeiture order” means an order under—

(a)section 143 of the Powers of Criminal Courts (Sentencing) Act 2000 (c. 6), or

(b)Article 11 of the Criminal Justice (Northern Ireland) Order 1994 (S.I. 1994/2795 (N.I. 15)).