Forfeiture of assets - national proceedings

State of Palestine

Palestine - Criminal Procedure Code 2001 EN

Article (10)
1. The extinction of the penal action shall not prevent the confiscation of seized items.

Article (10)
1. The extinction of the penal action shall not prevent the confiscation of seized items.

Article (73)
2. If the seized objects are those against which the crime was committed, or if they were obtained as a result of its commission, they shall be restituted to the person who was deprived of their possession by the crime, unless the person in whose possession they were found at the time they were seized is entitled by law to retain them.

Rome Statute

Article 93 Other forms of cooperation

1. States Parties shall, in accordance with the provisions of this Part and under procedures of national law, comply with requests by the Court to provide the following assistance in relation to investigations or prosecutions:

(k) The identification, tracing and freezing or seizure of proceeds, property and assets and instrumentalities of crimes for the purpose of eventual forfeiture, without prejudice to the rights of bona fide third parties; and