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Section 72, The Sierra Leone Local Content Agency Act, 2016
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(1) Where a person is convicted of an offence under this Act the court may in addition to any other penalty imposed -
(a) make an order for the forfeiture of any funds,
money instruments, documents, facilities,
vehicles, crafts, vessels or equipment used
in the commission of the offence; and
(b) make an order -
(i) for the forfeiture of goods or materials
obtained or recovered in the course of
the commission of the offence;
(ii) for the payment by that person to the
State of an amount equal to the proceeds
received of the sale of goods and
services so obtained or recovered; or
(iii) for the payment by that person to the
State of the value at the wellhead,
assessed by the court in respect of the
quantity recovered or for the payment
of a part of that amount as the court,
having regard to all the circumstances,
thinks fit.
(2) Where the court is satisfied that an order made under
subparagraph (i) of paragraph (b) of subsection (1) cannot for any
reason be enforced, the court may, upon the application of the person
by whom the proceedings were brought, set aside the order and
make an order referred to in subparagraphs (ii) and (iii) of paragraph
(b) of subsection (1).
Order of
forfeiture.
Obstruction.
Offence by
body of
persons.
Offences
and penalties.
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(2) The court may, before making an order under this
section, require notice to be given to, and to hear any person as the
court thinks fit.
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