CHAPITRE V OTHER FORMS OF COOPERATION

SECTION I PRINCIPLES

Article 22

Requests for assistance from the Court in relation to an investigation or prosecution must be addressed directly to the central authority.
In accordance with article 93 of the Statute, such requests may include any act that is not prohibited by Belgian law, with a view to facilitating the investigation and prosecution of crimes within the jurisdiction of the Court. They concern in particular:

(11) 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.

CHAPTER VI ENFORCEMENT OF SENTENCES PRONOUNCED BY THE COURT

Article 40

Belgium shall give effect to fines or forfeitures ordered by the Court under Part 7 of the Statute, without prejudice to the rights of bona fide third parties. When a request for the enforcement of a forfeiture judgement is addressed to Belgium by the Court, the criminal court of the place where the property subject to forfeiture is located shall render the decision enforceable, after hearing the public prosecutor and the convicted person or the latter’s counsel. In accordance with article 109, paragraph 2 of the Statute, if it is impossible to give effect to a forfeiture order, equivalent forfeiture measures as specified in article 43bis, paragraph 2 of the Criminal Code may be ordered by the criminal court of the place where the property subject to forfeiture is located, without prejudice to the rights of bona fide third parties. Property or the proceeds of the sale of real property or, where appropriate, the sale of other property obtained from the enforcement of a judgement of the Court shall be transferred to the Court via the central authority.